Navy/USMC

By Ann Roosevelt Empire Challenge 09, the sixth annual live joint and coalition intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) interoperability demonstration, is under way focusing on providing ISR support to warfighters […]

By Calvin Biesecker Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Florida-based Gyrocam Systems LLC, a developer and supplier of gyrostablized optical surveillance systems mainly for use on […]

By Geoff Fein The House Appropriations Committee defense (HAC-D) subcommittee recommended including $400 million in research and development funding in the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill for five VH-71 […]

By Geoff Fein In the two months since Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has been at the helm of the service, he has set his sights on fixing the acquisition process, […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House’s lead defense budget writer unveiled a $508 billion Pentagon spending proposal yesterday that funds two aircraft efforts the White House has dubbed veto bait along […]

By Marina Malenic Members of a key congressional subcommittee yesterday expressed concerns about a new aircraft-carrier catapult system and how difficulties in its development might adversely affect the cost and […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy has been working to open up radar systems into major subsystems in an effort to increase competition and the availability of parts at the subsystem […]

By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday began notifying hundreds of employees that their services will no longer be needed following the White House’s decision to terminate the VH-71 presidential […]

By Geoff Fein For the second time in almost 10 months, the Navy has issued an inspection bulletin for the F/A-18A-D Hornet fleet, this time for cracks discovered in some […]

By Geoff Fein Because of the time system development can take, encountering parts obsolescence can be an ongoing struggle, according to a top Navy official. That is why the move […]