Navy/USMC

President Barack Obama said last Friday he stands by his desire to slash “hundreds of billions” more in longterm defense spending than his previous goal of a $400 billion cut […]

General Dynamics [GD] has completed its largest and most successful Technology Demonstration Program (TDP) with Defence Research and Development Canada Atlantic (DRDC Atlantic), demonstrating a torpedo-defense enhancement that will enhance […]

As top Pentagon leaders work through a new structure to acquire what U.S. forces need, open architecture appears likely to respond in a timely fashion to battlefield needs and technology […]

Marines recently successfully completed live-fire targeting exercises on the Marine Corps’ extensive ranges in California using Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] on-demand intelligence system for the first time, according to a company […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.), continuing on a recent wave of criticism of defense programs, criticized yesterday the Air Force’s contract for a tanker aircraft. […]

The Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $98 million cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract modification for long-lead materials for LPD-27, the 11th amphibious transport dock ship of the USS […]

The International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) members appointed by Secretary of State  Hillary Clinton met for the first time on Tuesday.  Former Defense Secretary William Perry will serve as chairman […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) and six other senators told the Pentagon yesterday they have serious concerns about the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. They […]

The Navy has awarded General Dynamics [GD] a $15.8 million contract modification for continued engineering, technical services, concept studies and design in support of the Common Missile Compartment under development […]

The head of a House panel rebuked calls for cutting the Pentagon’s budget yesterday while citing concerns about the readiness of Navy aircraft and ships. Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) highlighted […]