Navy/USMC

The Navy awarded BAE Systems a $108 million firm-fixed-price contract on Aug. 19 to conduct repair, maintenance and modernization work of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the USS Ross […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy christened the newest Ghost Fleet Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel (OUSV), the Mariner, here at the U.S. Naval Academy on Aug. 23, as it increases unmanned […]

The United Kingdom has 48 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B fighters under contract for delivery and is looking into the buy of another 26 to bring the U.K. inventory to 74, […]

Inmarsat Government has received a follow-on contract worth up to $578 million to provide satcom services to the Navy Military Sealift Command over a 10-year period. The  indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract […]

The Navy kicked off an exercise, the Repair Technology Exercise (REPTX), testing over 60 maintenance technologies aboard its Self Defense Test Ship on Aug. 22. The REPTX will run Aug. […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said it selected Serco Inc. to move forward with the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) X-ship medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) program. NOMARS […]

The Navy on Aug. 19 awarded Boeing [BA] a full-rate production contract for the High-Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC), which allows P-8As to launch torpedoes from high altitudes. The […]

The Pentagon is to determine the future supply chain strategy for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. In April, 2019, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) advised the F-35 program to […]

The Navy’s first Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship completed maintenance work at a shipyard in India this month, after both governments said they would consider this cooperation in April. MSC’s […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Thursday it delivered to the Navy the 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS) system set to be installed on a destroyer. […]