Navy/USMC

By Marina Malenic Defense Department officials knew of the potential risk to U.S. troops from roadside bombs prior to the hostilities in Iraq, but the department did not begin purchasing […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is looking at ways to reverse the downward trend and bolster its acquisition workforce, to recapture much of the activity that has been outsourced over […]

By Geoff Fein Navy Secretary Donald Winter has signed off on an update to the service’s acquisition instructions, adding in the new gate review process as well as aligning them […]

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Dec. 4 released Joint Operating Environment 2008 (JOE 2008), a report that examines trends and contexts of the future operating environment and […]

Report: Kill European Missile Defense And Airborne Laser; Halt Procurement, Deployment Of Aegis, GMD, THAAD, Patriot; And End Streamlined Missile Defense Budget System The multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]

The first production VH-71 presidential replacement helicopter arrived last month at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., and will undergo two months of tests before systems installation work begins, […]

By Emelie Rutherford The new mine-resistant-vehicle competition the Pentagon is preparing to launch next week could cost $3 billion, a price tag that would be supported by an expected $1.5 […]

By Geoff Fein Several teams are partnering for a planned request for proposal (RFP), expected by the end of the year, for the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] was awarded a $500 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide additional funds for engineering development efforts in support of the System Development and […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy’s San Antonio-class of amphibious ships brings two big advantages to the fleet, lift and its command and control capability, according to a Navy official. While […]