Navy/USMC

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper last week told sailors unmanned vehicles will allow the Navy to increase over a planned 355 ships. Esper spoke to sailors while visiting the USS […]

The Marine Corps has selected Kongsberg’s 30mm remote weapon station (RWS) for its program to find a counter-UAS system to be integrated on its Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV).  Kongsberg […]

Last month, the Navy awarded the U.K.’s BAE Systems a contract worth up to $189 million for full rate production, maintenance and technical services for underwater Archerfish Destructor mine neutralizers. […]

The Navy is considering whether to extend the service lives of the oldest Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, a service official said Thursday. “We’ve got 40 more years of Nimitz [class] life […]

Bollinger Shipyards won a contract from General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] to build a new floating dry dock to support construction of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), Bollinger said […]

The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are expected to finish negotiations on a consideration package that may reduce future contract payments to the company for sustainment […]

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Wednesday said the new Navy future fleet plan will have over 355 ships and require billions more in annual shipbuilding. Last week, Deputy Secretary […]

The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have begun a transition to the the Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) cloud-based logistics program from the nearly 20 year-old Autonomic […]

The head of the Navy’s development squadron focused on unmanned surface vehicle (USVs) recently explained how they are working to test and develop concepts of operation (CONOPS) for USVs while […]

The U.S. military began the 2020 Valiant Shield 2020 joint forces training exercise on Sept. 14. The 12-day U.S.-only biennial exercise focuses on “integration of training in a blue-water environment,” […]