Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein General Dynamics [GD] has notified the Navy it will be delaying the launch of the USS Independence (LCS-2) until April to complete work before the ship goes […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy will be facing a drop in its tactical air resources in the 2016 time frame, as the earlier model F-18 Hornets age and just as […]

By Geoff Fein Getting stability in the shipbuilding plan as well as minimizing the number of hulls the Navy has, will be key to the service reaching its goal of […]

By Dave Ahearn If the United States were to procure Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), the DDG-1000 destroyer, and other stealthy, radar-evading platforms, it would help U.S. forces to overcome the […]

If the United States were to procure Littoral Combat Ships, the DDG 1000 destroyer, and other stealthy, radar-evading platforms, it would help U.S. forces to overcome the threat of Chinese […]

The U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is moving toward solutions to prevent destabilization around the world by developing the desired capabilities to help the United States build partnership capacity, an […]

The United States needs to start a national debate about how the military should be shaped, especially as the nation begins to reduce its presence in Iraq, Sen. Jim Webb […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last month awarded Raytheon [RTN] a contract worth nearly $55 million to retrofit 135 Boeing [BA] F/A-18 Super Hornets with APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array […]

The Navy earlier this month awarded BAE Systems a $31 million contract for the maintenance, repair and modernization of the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), the first to […]

By Geoff Fein ATK [ATK] this week successfully tested two unguided Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition (BTERM) rounds, but a rocket motor’s inability to fire on the first of two […]