Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein Boeing‘s [BA] P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft is on schedule, on cost and has not undergone any redesign or modifications, according to a Navy official. […]

By Geoff Fein Now that Raytheon [RTN] and HAVELSAN have partnered to market the GENESIS (Gemi Entegre Savas Idare Sistemi) integrated combat management systems for surface ships, the team is […]

The Navy yesterday took delivery of its newest and last Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), from Northrop Grumman [NOC] Shipbuilding, the service said. George H.W. Bush is […]

By Emelie Rutherford Dozens of lawmakers sent letters to the Obama administration yesterday, when the Pentagon unveiled its detailed budget request, decrying its proposed elimination of the jobs- generating F-22 […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved yesterday a supplemental war-spending bill after shifting funding from Army radios to Navy aircraft and adding language encouraging a multi-year contract […]

By Geoff Fein Companies competing for the Navy’s High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapons Concept (HAAWC), an effort to place a wing kit on a Mk 54 torpedo and drop it […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy conducted a series of landings and approaches of the Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) in the most recent tests of the Unmanned […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] unveiled its X2 TECHNOLOGY Light Tactical Helicopter design Monday at the Army Aviation Association of America annual conference here. "These technologies can potentially bring new rotorcraft […]

By Emelie Rutherford House appropriators want to bolster war funding in the White House’s supplemental spending request by $4.7 billion, with much of the increase covering C-17 and C-130 cargo aircraft and […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy’s top officer said yesterday he is "encouraged" with steps the two Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) builders have taken to control the price of their second […]