Navy/USMC
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Unmanned SystemsU.S. Navy Refuels E-2D with MQ-25A Test Aircraft
In the U.S. Navy’s second unmanned tanking flight since June using the Boeing [BA] MQ-25A T1 test aircraft, the latter refueled a Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-2D Advanced Hawkeye on Aug. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy CANES RFP Coming In 2021/2022
The Navy plans to issue a full and open Request For Proposals (RFP) to procure the follow-up to the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) full deployment contract in […]
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Navy/USMCOshkosh Defense Demos Second Successful Firing Of Naval Strike Missile From ROGUE Fires Platform
Oshkosh Defense [OSK] said Wednesday its Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fires vehicle, an unmanned modification of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), has completed a second live […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards $1.7 Billion For Portsmouth Dry Dock
The Navy last Friday awarded 381 Constructors a $1.7 billion contract to build a multi-mission dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine as part of a decades-long shipyard […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Issues $2.76 Billion In Contracts For East Coast LCS Maintenance
The Navy issued several contracts last Friday worth a total of $2.76 billion to sustain and maintain Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) based on the East Coast. Under all of the […]
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Navy/USMCONR Starting New Project To Detect Magnetic Influence Mines
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is starting a new research project to develop a system to detect magnetic influence mines from unmanned vessels. On Aug. 10, ONR issued a […]
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Navy/USMCDel Toro Sworn In As Navy Secretary, Releases Message On Biggest Challenges
Carlos Del Toro was sworn in as the 78th Secretary of the Navy late Monday and released his first message to the fleet on Tuesday. Del Toro was sworn in […]
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Air ForceTo Lower Emissions, the Military Focuses on Increasing Aircraft Efficiency
As the commercial aviation industry increasingly shifts toward new technology to reach sustainability targets, the military is more focused on improving aircraft efficiency to increase sustainability rather than concentrating on […]
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Navy/USMCFord Finishes Shock Trials
The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), completed Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) on Aug. 8 after the Navy conducted the third explosive event. Shock trials […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Willing To Pay More Upfront For Better Ship Maintainability
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A Navy official recently said the service is willing to pay more for a new ship upfront if that translates into improved costs on maintainability and […]
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