Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy’s 2024 Budget Seeks $33 Billion For Nine New Ships, $17 Billion For 88 Aircraft
The Navy’s fiscal year 2024 budget request, whose details were released Monday, seeks $255.8 billion overall, with $32.8 billion of that devoted to procuring nine battle force ships and $17 […]
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Navy/USMCAUKUS Deal Sells Up To Five U.S. Virginia SSNs To Australia Followed By New U.K.-Australia SSN-AUKUS Design
The tripartite U.S., U.K. and Australia AUKUS agreement to share nuclear-powered attack submarines with Australia will have the U.S. sell up to five Virginia-class submarines before the U.K. and Australia […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Wins ONR Contract To Develop New Detection Of Magnetic Influence Mines
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded Textron Systems [TXT] a $21 million contract on March 8 to develop the office’s Magnetic and Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned Superconducting Sweep (MAGNUSS) […]
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ArmyArmy, Navy Scrapped Hypersonic Missile Test Planned For March 5 At Cape Canaveral
The Army and Navy canceled a hypersonic missile test planned for March 5 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida following an issue flagged during pre-flight checks, lead program […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Commandant Argues For Multi-Year Buys Of LPD Flight Two Ships
The Commandant of the Marine Corps on Thursday argued in favor of getting multi-year procurement authority to buy multiple San Antonio-class Flight II ships at once to maintain and improve […]
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Navy/USMCHII Gets Approval To Use Some 3D Printed Parts On Carriers And Subs
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) recently gave HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) [HII] approval to use some 3D-printed parts, also called additive manufacturing, on aircraft carriers, submarines and other platforms. […]
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Navy/USMCBiden Picks 7th Fleet Head For Navy Info Warfare Position
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said President Biden nominated 7th Fleet commander Karl Thomas to become the next top Navy information warfare official. If confirmed by the Senate, Thomas will […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Wraps Up Final Ohio-Class Sub Refueling Overhaul
The Navy recently completed the last scheduled Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) of an Ohio-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine with the USS Louisiana (SSBN-743), the service said Wednesday. SSBN-743 ERO project […]
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Air ForceExpansion of Government Data Rights Possible in F-35 Performance-Based Logistics Contract
The possibility of a five-year Pentagon Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract award this year to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for sustainment of the company’s F-35 fighter is giving DoD leverage to gain […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Researchers Outline Limits And Costs Of Hypersonic Missiles
SAN DIEGO– Two Navy researchers last month outlined some major limitations on adding and using hypersonic weapons., focused on physics limitations combined with expense. “So there is an advantage to […]
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