Navy/USMC

The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) has cleared the 204-pound, GBU-53/B Stormbreaker munition by Raytheon [RTX] for operational use after more than a decade of development. On Sept. […]

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Tuesday said light aircraft carriers should not be compared to the current supercarriers and outlined the next large surface combatant will be smaller […]

A preliminary design review (PDR) of a Full Motion Video Data Link (FMVDL) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is planned before the end of the year, according to the […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to re-use algorithms employed in the recent AlphaDogfightTrial (ADT) for research on artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); electronic warfare […]

The Navy’s land-based test site received the new destroyer Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) system on Oct. 7, the Navy said Thursday. The Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) […]

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announced the first FFG(X) guided-missile frigate will be named the USS Constellation. Speaking aboard the recreated wooden museum ship USS Constellation in Baltimore on […]

The future Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, USS Mobile (LCS-26), finished acceptance trials on Sept. 25, the Navy said Thursday. The Navy conducted comprehensive tests of the LCS-26 systems during the […]

Several members of Congress commented on Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s new Navy fleet plan somewhat positively, but plan significant adjustments and expressed some concerns. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), chairman […]

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the new Navy future fleet plan calls for over 500 manned and unmanned ships by 2045, including more attack submarines, adding light aircraft carriers […]

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) directed the establishment of the first MQ-25A carrier aerial refueling unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) squadron to occur next year, ahead of initial vehicle deliveries. […]