Navy/USMC

Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo, the site of the second Aegis Ashore missile defense system, was officially commissioned on Sept. 3. This ceremony marked the turnover of the base’s newly […]

The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an $81 million contract on Aug. 31 to develop new technology for the AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) family of weapon systems. “The […]

The Navy accepted delivery of the newest Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport ship, the future USNS Newport (T-EPF-12), on Sept. 2. The Newport previously finished integrated sea trials, combining builder’s and […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 2 that its Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS)-Modernization, EGI-M, has passed a critical design review (CDR). The CDR marked the completion […]

Last month, the Navy decided to eliminate the “dual hatting” of the research heads Chief of Naval Research and director of OPNAV N94 under one official. Previously, the Chief of […]

An annual Pentagon report on China’s military developments finds it is already outpacing the U.S. in a few areas, including total Navy ship numbers. The report, “Military and Security Developments […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a $183 million deal for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers, which includes deliveries to the Marine Corps and Romania. The latest HIMARS […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Aug. 31 awarded $281.5 million in firm, fixed-price contracts to Lockheed Martin [LMT] and York Space Systems to build 10 satellites each for an […]

The Navy accepted delivery of the second Textron Systems [TXT] Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-101 on Aug. 27, service said Aug. 28. The delivery came after LCAC-101 […]

The new Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program for the Navy and Marine Corps is in industry studies and the services are trying to develop it quickly like the FFG(X) frigate, […]