Navy/USMC

It’s been a busy week for Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS). Monday, the company was awarded a contract by ABS Group, a Systems Engineering Technical […]

By Ann Roosevelt Tactical communication are vital for understanding the environment, for command and coordination, and working under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, iRobot [IRBT] is using […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy official steering a program to develop a system of unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft said yesterday he is "fairly confident" the effort will heed a schedule […]

By Emelie Rutherford As lawmakers debate whether to scrap a requirement that some future Navy ships have nuclear propulsion, an auditor said more analysis it needed to determine if nuclear […]

By Geoff Fein The outgoing deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (DASN) for expeditionary warfare threw his support behind General Dynamics‘ [GD] Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), citing the improvement that […]

By Geoff Fein In the most recent at-sea missile defense test, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Navy and their industry partners were hoping to demonstrate a number of software and […]

By Geoff Fein ATK [ATK] is expecting its composite technology business to continue to grow for both the commercial airline industry and military systems and the company is making significant […]

By Geoff Fein Although the USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) just completed testing of its modified combat systems, the year-long effort to upgrade the ship included significant changes to its hull, […]

By Geoff Fein The variety of platforms combined with the varying ages of network systems pose a number of challenges for the Navy as it attempts to come up with […]

By Geoff Fein The USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) wrapped up its Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) last month, validating the Aegis Weapon System through a series of surface and […]