Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCMarines’ New MADIS Takes Out Drones In Live Fire Test, On Track For Fielding In Early FY ‘25
The Marine Corps recently conducted its first live-fire test of a production model Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS, successfully defeating several drone targets during the demonstration. The live […]
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Navy/USMC5th Fleet Unmanned Unit Starts New Hybrid Task Group
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s unit focused on testing unmanned systems in recent weeks started a new task group focused on manned-unmanned teaming operations. Task Force 59, which has been […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV: Navy To Accelerate Directed Energy Weapons In Next Five Years
The Secretary of the Navy last week said the service plans to accelerate investment and deployment of weapons like the Lockheed Martin [LMT] high-energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance […]
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Navy/USMCAustal USA Launches Fourth Navy Overlord USV
The final Navy Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel, the Vanguard (OUSV3), was recently launched from shipbuilder Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala., the Navy said on Jan. 11. The Vanguard is being […]
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CongressLawmakers Unveil New CR To Avoid Shutdown, Extends Columbia-Class Sub Anomaly
Congressional leaders have unveiled a new stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through early March, which also supports $2.2 billion to continue avoiding delays on the Navy’s Columbia-class […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Systems Delivers First Command And Control ACV Variant To Marines
BAE Systems has delivered the first production command and control variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, the ACV-C, to the Marine Corps, the company said. The ACV-C is now the […]
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Navy/USMCHouston Takes Over Top Post at Naval Nuclear Propulsion
More than six months after his nomination, and just shy of a month after his Senate confirmation, Adm. Bill Houston on Thursday took over as director of the Naval Nuclear […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Starts Backfitting Four Flight IIA Destroyers For Mod 2.0, Adding SEWIP Block Three And SPY-6
The Navy has picked the initial four Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA destroyers to be upgraded in the Mod 2.0 effort, which upgrades sensors, radars, the Aegis combat system and cooling […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Navy Undertaking Reliability Improvements for LCS
In 2020, Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the then commander of Naval Surface Forces and the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Naval Surface Force, directed the establishment of Task Force Littoral Combat Ship […]
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Navy/USMCHII Delivers First Columbia Sub Stern To Electric Boat, Optimistic On LPD-33 and Future Amphibs
HII [HII] delivered the stern of the first new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to prime contractor General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD], the company’s chief executive told reporters Monday. HII […]
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