Navy/USMC

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is creating a National Program For Small Unit Excellence in response to the demands of the Afghanistan strategy that emphasizes small high- […]

The Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) last week announced that the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), a critical capability of the JTRS, successfully demonstrated its validated […]

By Emelie Rutherford and Geoff Fein The Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye being developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] suffered a critical cost breach triggering an already completed Pentagon certification under the […]

By Emelie Rutherford House authorization panels recommended last Friday changing cost controls for Navy littoral ships, prodding the service to enter into multiyear contracts, and adding monies to the Pentagon’s […]

By Geoff Fein Chief of Naval Operation (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead has directed both the his staff and U.S. Fleet Forces Command to look at the possibility of an early, […]

By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval subcommittee in Congress said that while he understands the frustration of Republicans who want to compel the Pentagon to produce a shipbuilding […]

By Geoff Fein Small contractors looking to land a defense contract without having to compete against the large prime companies can turn to the program executive office for littoral and […]

By Emelie Rutherford The lead Republican on a House panel preparing to craft its version of the defense budget voiced concern yesterday about the Pentagon’s proposed changes to the Joint […]

General Dynamics‘ [GD] Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the Independence (LCS-2), completed testing of her main propulsion system in advance of builder’s trials planned for this summer, the company reported. All […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy will meet with all of the defense-oversight committees about possibly modifying a $460 million-per-vessel cost cap on the next batch of Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), […]