Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein The Navy has arrived at a plan that will shift construction of all three DDG-1000-class destroyers to General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW), while giving two […]

By Geoff Fein Earlier this month the Navy issued a sole source solicitation to Electronic Data Systems (EDS) [HPQ] for a Continuity of Services Contract (COSC) that will be used […]

By Geoff Fein With its recent release of the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS)/Tier II request for proposal (RFP), the Navy is hoping to find a mature capability that […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Obama administration released last Thursday night its request to Congress for $75.5 billion in supplemental-war funding, including $2.7 billion for mine-resistant vehicles, $9.8 billion for armored […]

By Geoff Fein President Obama yesterday announced his intention to nominate Robert Work, a former Marine colonel and aide to then-Navy Secretary Richard Danzig, for Under Secretary of the Navy. […]

By Geoff Fein As the rate of technology improvement shortens the time between advances in areas such as processing speed, the services are going to have to rethink the way […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last week issued its anticipated request for proposals (RFP) for the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services (CANES), a directed approach to reduce infrastructure and increase […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy Friday issued its long-awaited request for proposal (RFP) for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS)/Tier II. STUAS will fill a critical gap identified by […]

By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval panel in Congress said yesterday in an interview he is pleased Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to end the DDG-1000 destroyer line, […]

By Geoff Fein In a surprise, Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday called for terminating Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] VH-71 presidential helicopter, including the first batch of aircraft that some believed would […]