Navy/USMC

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) last week issued a request for proposal (RFP) for up to three technology development (TD) contracts for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) S-band […]

By Geoff Fein From being able to carry and launch a variety of manned and unmanned systems to the ability to start up its engines with the click of a […]

By Geoff Fein As the Navy begins installing advanced capability 08 (ACB 08) on its cruisers, those ships are also sending fire control officers and technicians to school to train […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last week notified Congress of a critical Nunn-McCurdy breach of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) portion of the Remote Minehunting System (RMS) program. Lockheed Martin […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate sent the $636.3 billion defense appropriations bill to President Barack Obama on Saturday, shortly after a temporary Pentagon arrangement expired. Early on Saturday, during the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate was prepared to pass a $636.3 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2010 last night, as lawmakers waited to learn if the actual vote […]

By Geoff Fein The perceived lack of a imminent threat, along with dwindling budgets and shrinking industrial base, are having a significant impact on the development of undersea warfare systems, […]

By Geoff Fein In a move that surprised some in the Navy, the Pentagon yesterday reappointed Vice Adm. David Architzel to the rank of vice admiral and reassigned him as […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House is poised to debate this week the defense appropriations bill, which House and Senate lawmakers finalized in public without convening an official conference committee. The […]

By Geoff Fein As the Navy moves toward open architecture (OA) and looks to upgrade software and hardware at lightning speed, putting those systems through the traditional operational test and […]