Navy/USMC

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Jen DiMascio The budget for fiscal year 2010 may begin to take on the affordability of the Navy’s plan to buy and sustain 313 ships and the Air Force’s […]

By Geoff Fein During a recent inspection of General Dynamics‘ [GD] Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), bowing was discovered in the transverse beams that support the ship’s flight deck, according to […]