Navy/USMC

The Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) budget caps imposed on the Department of the Navy forced it to lower funding for unmanned vessels and work on the next carrier-based fighter under […]

The Navy argued Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) budget caps imposed “hard choices” on the fiscal year 2025 president’s budget request (PB25) that partially caused the service to lower its ship […]

The Defense Department approved all variants of the V-22 Ospreys for flight clearance following a months-long review into the cause of a deadly Air Force crash in November. Naval Air […]

The Marine Corps has officially awarded a pair of contracts to General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] and Textron Systems [TXT] to build 30mm turreted versions of their Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle […]

U.S. forces in the Middle East are using directed energy (DE) weapon systems to protect themselves against enemy drone and missile attacks, but more are needed as part of a […]

Saildrone and Austal USA launched the first aluminum Surveyor unmanned surface vehicle on Wednesday off the latter’s new production line. The two companies first announced a partnership for Austal’s Mobile, […]

The Secretary of the Navy continued a tour of East Asian allies last week with a stop in Japan, in part looking to spur more investment in domestic U.S. shipyard […]

The last San Antonio-class Flight 1 amphibious transport dock ship completed acceptance trials, shipbuilder HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding[HII] said Monday. Acceptance trials had the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) […]

Two Republicans leaders in the House Armed Services Committee pushed the Defense Department to buy amphibious ships in multi-year procurements in a letter to the Office of Cost Estimate and […]

Secretary of the Navy Del Toro recently met with top South Korean shipbuilding executives during a trip to the country, lobbying them to invest in dual-use commercial-military shipyards in the […]