Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCPentagon Tester Says Immaturity In Next Gen Jammer Pushed Back IOT&E, Still Has Reliability Risks
The Pentagon’s top weapons tester said the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-band (NGJ-MB) has significant risks due to reliability issues and a lack of validated models and data. “Hardware reliability […]
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Navy/USMCDoD Weapons Tester Notes Frigate Design Risks In Primary Mission Areas
The latest annual report from Pentagon’s chief weapons tester said the Navy’s upcoming Constellation-class frigate (FFG-62) has design risks to its three primary mission areas. The report from the office […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Systems Delivers First Turreted Variant ACV-30 Test Vehicle To Marine Corps
BAE Systems announced Thursday it has delivered the first production representative test vehicle of the turreted variant Amphibious Combat Vehicle, or ACV-30, to the Marine Corps for testing. The company […]
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CongressLawmakers Push Biden To Create New Maritime Coordinator
A group of 19 lawmakers from both congressional parties have asked President Joe Biden to create a new “interagency maritime policy coordinator” position to organize American maritime and seapower policy. […]
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Navy/USMCAerosonde UAS Starts Flying Off LCS
Textron‘s [TXT] small Aerosonde Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) flew off a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) for the first time, the company announced Monday. This operation is the start of Textron […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace Expects to Use Less Engine Bleed Air for F-35 PTMS
As Honeywell [HON] and RTX‘s [RTX] Collins Aerospace gear up to compete on an upgraded or new Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) for the F-35 fighter, Collins Aerospace says […]
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Navy/USMCDIU Seeks Small, Affordable Exploding USVs For Navy
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) posted a new solicitation on Monday for affordable production-ready small Unmanned Surface Vehicles (sUSVs) that would hunt for targets and explode on contact. The notice […]
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Navy/USMCHII Nabs $913 Million Contract For CVN-75 Carrier Refueling
The Navy awarded HII [HII] a contract worth up to $913 million on January 25 for the advanced planning and long-lead-time material procurement necessary to prepare for the Refueling and […]
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Navy/USMCProgram Manager Outlines Upcoming Orca XLUUV Tests, Confident In Five More From Boeing
A Navy official earlier this month confirmed the service is starting a series of tests on the first Orca Extra large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) and is confident in the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Unmanned Official Optimistic On USV Testing and Improvements To Fix Autonomy
A Navy official in charge of managing prototype unmanned sea systems this month was optimistic in how large prototype unmanned surface vessels (USVs) testing is going and how the systems […]
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