Navy/USMC
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Business/FinancialBAE Awarded $31 Million For USS
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 […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Delivers Third RMMV To Navy
Lockheed Martin [LMT] this month delivered the third production Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) to the Navy, increasing the mine countermeasures capability for both DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the […]
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Homeland Security
ICx Nabs Small Subcontract for Base Security
ICx Technologies [ICXT] received a $777,000 subcontract from BAE Systems to supply six STS-12000 long-range radars for U.S. Marine Corps’ base defense. The radar system provides automated wide-area surveillance, tracking […]
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ArmyYoung Presses Army To Fund Three Contractor Teams On JLTV
By Jen DiMascio The Pentagon’s acquisition chief last month urged the Army to allow three industry teams to compete for Army-Marine Corps Humvee replacement program. John Young, the assistant secretary […]
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Navy/USMCMTC, Marine Corps Cancel Tier II UAS Concept Demonstrator
MTC Technologies [MTCT] will return $683,000 in performance-based payments and pay $474,000 in program costs to the Marine Corps after entering into a cancellation agreement relating to the company’s Tier […]
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Navy/USMCAdm. Keating Urges Chinese To Ease Hostilities, Tensions
Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of the Pacific Command, urged Chinese leaders to improve relations with the United States, during a visit to China. Some military analysts, however, see China becoming […]
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InternationalRising China Threat Unmet If U.S. Navy Doesn’t Seek Funds To Counter It, Analysts Say
Perhaps the most daunting obstacle to the Navy getting the funds it needs is…the Navy. That is the view of Ronald O’Rourke, a preeminent defense analyst with the nonpartisan Congressional […]
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Navy/USMCUpcoming ’08 Tests Could Determine Fate of Navy’s ERM Program
By Geoff Fein In the coming weeks, both ATK [ATK] and Raytheon [RTN] will conduct test shots of their offerings for the Navy’s extended range munition (ERM) program, hoping to […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Exploring Potential To Neck Down Hull Types For Future Fleet Design
By Geoff Fein The Naval Sea Systems Commend (NAVSEA) is looking at the potential to neck down the number of surface ship and amphibious ship hulls it builds to make […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Combining Shipbuilding Sectors
Northrop Grumman [NOC] this week said it will combine its two shipbuilding sectors, Newport News and Ship Systems, into a single operating sector effective Jan. 28. In addition, the company […]