Navy/USMC

By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA], teamed with Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC], submitted a comprehensive proposal Oct. 2 responding to the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) request for proposals for the […]

The Navy last month awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $32.9 million contract for the second year of low rate initial production (LRIP) of the company’s Fire Scout vertical takeoff and […]

The Israeli government is seeking to spend upward of $15.2 billion for 25 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighters with an option to purchase 50 additional aircraft, according to […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is expecting to issue a request for proposals in spring ’09 to develop the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN), the follow-on to the Navy Marine […]

By Geoff Fein After months of delays and disappointments, ATK [ATK] on Monday successfully fired its Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition (BTERM), with one of the rounds hitting the target […]

By Emelie Rutherford President Bush was poised last night to sign the new defense authorization and appropriations bills, which together defer decisions to Bush’s successor on the future of programs […]

By Geoff Fein In the past 60 days, the Marine Corps has bought almost 2,000 unmanned air vehicles (UAV) from the Army and Air Force, in response to a warfighters’ […]

By Geoff Fein General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works acknowledged yesterday that it will be late in delivering its variant of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the Navy as […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House passed yesterday the final compromise versions of fiscal year 2009 defense appropriations and authorization legislation–which call for continuing DDG-1000 destroyer production while potentially reviving the […]

By Geoff Fein Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead has signed out a memo establishing a new Navy Nuclear Weapon Senior Leaders Council to strengthen the ties among the […]