Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein Austal USA has been awarded a Phase II $185 million contract to build one Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) with an option for nine more for the […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is currently not looking to add a maritime variant of the Air Force’s Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) to its weapons inventory, relying […]

By Geoff Fein The United States Supreme Court yesterday removed impediments to the Navy’s ability to conduct anti-submarine warfare training off the Southern California coast after determining the lower courts […]

By Ann Roosevelt A second industry team, led by Textron [TXT], has protested the Army awards to three teams to move forward with work on the Army/Marines next generation Joint […]

By Geoff Fein MILWAUKEE-WIS.–The Navy is looking to ramp up production of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), possibly beyond the current plans that call for six ships per year, once […]

By Geoff Fein The USS Freedom, the Navy’s first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) made a brief stop in Port Huron, Mich., to repair leaking lube oil coolers on two of […]

By Geoff Fein MILWAUKEE–Against the cold grey backdrop of a blustery day along Lake Michigan, the Navy’s newest surface combatant, the USS Freedom (LCS-1) came to life on Saturday. "Today, […]

By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps-lead effort for buying thousands of a new breed of all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for Afghanistan is moving forward, with a solicitation […]

By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] Nov. 7 announced it filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the evaluation conducted by the Army/Marine […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy has taken over the lead on the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) following the Army’s decision to terminate the program. BAE Systems last week […]