Navy/USMC

A House panel is warning that large Pentagon budget cuts, which could come if lawmakers fail to reach a deficit-cutting plan, would significantly impact funding for maneuver battalions, fighter wings, […]

The Navy said yesterday that it has awarded fixed-price contracts to General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] for the design and construction of at least two […]

The Navy has successfully completed its first live-fire test of the land attack munition slated for the DDG-1000’s Advanced Gun System, the service said yesterday. The Navy conducted two tests […]

Expanding its ship repair business to a new location, General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire the Norfolk, Va.-based surface ship repair company Metro Machine Corp. Terms […]

Government auditors said the debate over continuing the ill-fated F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s (JSF) alternate engine would be better informed if the Pentagon updated its cost assessments. A recently completed […]

The replacement for the fleet of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines will present a budget challenge, but the Pentagon is working aggressively to keep costs down and won’t let construction begin […]

In the past year the Defense Department’s comptroller’s office has created a plan for having the military services and defense agencies achieve financial audit readiness goals but details for implementing […]

The Navy yesterday awarded a $1.8-billion contract to General Dynamics‘ [GD] Bath Iron Works for the construction of the DDG-1001 and DDG-1002, the second and third ships procured under the […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved yesterday a defense spending plan that would freeze the Pentagon’s budget and cut programs including the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) and missile-defense interceptors. […]

Integrating more sensors and doing it faster and cheaper is the direction for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as it moves into its second 50 years, the director said. “We […]