Navy/USMC
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Army
General Dynamics Protests Lockheed Martin CAMC2 Win
By Ann Roosevelt General Dynamics [GD] C4 Systems Feb. 8 protested to the Government Accountability Office the Army’s award to Lockheed Martin [LMT] of production and support for the Common […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy, Industry Begin Construction Effort For DDG-1000
By Geoff Fein After more than a decade, the Navy and its industry partners are preparing to begin construction on "the largest investment ever made in surface naval capability"–DDG-1000, a […]
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Air Force
JFCOM Lays Out 2008 Plans For Noble Resolve
By Calvin Biesecker The U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) and U.S Northern Command (NORTHCOM) have begun planning for this year’s experimentation campaign for homeland defense and military support of civilian […]
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Navy/USMC
First Coast Guard Security Cutter Completes Builders Trials
The first National Security Cutter being developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] for the Coast Guard has successfully completed Builder’s Trials, a four- day round of sea trials in the Gulf […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Drops Two Fire Scouts In FY ’09, But Program Continues Forward
In its FY ’09 budget, the Navy reduced its quantity buy of Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) due to competing requirements, according to a […]
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Army
Army, Navy Fire Scouts: Similar Look, But Treading Different Paths
Looking across the production line at Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Mississippi facility, it’s hard for anyone to tell the difference between the Army and Navy variants of the MQ-8B Fire Scout. […]
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Congress
Navy’s $4.5 Billion In Unmet Needs Includes Ships, Aircraft And Weapon Enhancements
By Geoff Fein The Navy faces $4.5 billion in unmet funding needs for FY ’08, which includes funding for ship maintenance, weapons enhancement, and aircraft improvements, Chief of Naval Operations […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy To Shoot Down Errant Spy Satellite With SM-3
By Geoff Fein The Navy will use a Standard Missile (SM)-3 launched from an Aegis-capable ship in the Pacific, in hopes of hitting an out of control spy satellite re-entering […]
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Navy/USMC
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Looking At Sharing Work Between Yards
By Geoff Fein NEWPORT NEWS, Va.–The creation of Northrop Grumman [NOC] Shipbuilding should afford the new enterprise the opportunity to share work among its sites, get a more effective deployment […]
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Navy/USMC
Tenth LPD-17 Tops Marine Corps List of Unmet Needs
By Geoff Fein The Marine Corps has $3.01 billion in unmet needs for FY ’08, which includes $1.7 billion for a 10th San Antonio-class LPD-17, Humvees and aircraft, according to […]