Navy/USMC

The Navy needs to stay on the five-year buy rate for aircraft carriers to keep a strong industrial base and an efficient transition from building one carrier to the next, […]

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he must not only provide what service men and women need to achieve national security goals in Iraq, Afghanistan and around […]

Competitors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] said last week they have reached key achievements for the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks & Enterprise Services (CANES), a key program designed […]

The Defense Department (DoD) yesterday said the first flight test of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept vehicle was successfully conducted yesterday by Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces […]

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) updated its strategic plan this week and put a new emphasis on developing more cost-effective unmanned and autonomous systems in response to the budget […]

The Navy laid the keel for the first destroyer in the Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) yesterday and said the ship is more than half complete. "Keel laying is just the first of […]

The submarine industrial base must remain strong to keep the United States’ military advantage, said Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), whose district includes Electric Boat, a primary maker of submarines for […]

The Navy has awarded BAE Systems a task order that could add up to $132 million to provide Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) technical services for […]

The Senate took up the Pentagon policy bill yesterday, passing an airlift-requirement amendment during debate largely focused on detainee provisions that prompted the White House to threaten to veto the […]

The United States and the Philippines are updating the mutual defense treaty signed in 1951, and in a new era offers new challenges but new opportunities, the Secretary of State […]