Navy/USMC

Marine Corps officials said the time has come for defense contractors to invest more in weapon technologies, and said they want innovative ideas from anyone who has them. Marine Corps […]

It is going to a busy next few months for the Navy’s information dominance directorate, Fleet Cyber Command and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, with each organization facing critical […]

The Senate voted 100-0 yesterday to confirm Leon Panetta as the next defense secretary. Panetta has directed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since Feb. 13, 2009. He previously served as […]

Marine Corps requirements and acquisition officials are working in closer collaboration on the new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) than the two sides had when planning major programs in the past. […]

Due to repeated development and delivery delays, House appropriators have slashed over $400 million from the Navy and the Air Force’s weapons procurement fiscal year 2012 request for the Advanced […]

ATK‘s [ATK], Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) recently completed an initial flight integration test on the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft and has completed multiple flight hours of integration testing […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) Pentagon policy bill calls for clamping down on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter cost increases, banning funds for the aircraft’s alternate engine, and maintaining the […]

Retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in his parting words to the press, said yesterday it remains to be seen if President Barack Obama’s proposed $400 billion cut to security spending […]

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) has "concerns" with the Navy’s massive effort to replace the Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI) and wants the Office of the Secretary of Defense to […]

With a looming operational gap in its submarine force structure, the Navy will look to leverage its burgeoning unmanned underwater vehicles to help mitigate that gap, Chief of Naval Operations […]