Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCGilday Confirmed As New CNO
The Senate confirmed Vice Adm. Michael Gilday by voice vote to become the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Thursday, a day after his confirmation hearing in the Senate […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Opens New $115 Million V-22 Osprey Production Facility
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. —Boeing [BA] on Thursday officially opened a new $115 million facility for the V-22 Osprey that will serve as the home for the Marine Corps’ effort to […]
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Navy/USMCSenators Press Gilday On Ford Carrier Problems
The nominee to be the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) promised the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) that he would report the status of the USS Gerald R. Ford […]
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Navy/USMCGeurts Warns Window For Acquisition Innovation Closing
The Navy’s top acquisition official said on Wednesday that the window for innovating in Defense Department acquisition is “closing,” so officials should push to change the culture and value those […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Working Over $3.5 Billion In Hypersonic Programs; Northrop, Raytheon Playing Too
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has more than $3.5 billion worth of business it has captured in hypersonic weapons, with a lot of the development work expected to move into the prototype […]
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Navy/USMCSuccessful LCS SSMM Test Leads To Developmental Testing
Last month, the Navy successfully completed a structural test firing of a Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) on an Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the Navy said last Thursday. Following the […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard, DoD Plan To Research, Test Communications In Arctic With Healy Deployment
The Coast Guard’s medium icebreaker Healy on July 22 departed its homeport in Seattle for a months-long Arctic mission that will include a number of research and test evaluations of […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Wins AN/SPQ-9 Radar Design Agent Award
The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a follow-on contract to be the design agent for the AN/SPQ-9B surface search and fire control radar, the company said Thursday. Under the engineering […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Nabs Follow-On Block V VPM Tube Contract
BAE Systems won a follow-on contract to produce 28 more payload tubes for the Navy’s Block V Virginia-class submarines with Virginia Payload Modules (VPMs), the company said Thursday The contract […]
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Business/FinancialFincantieri Marinette Adds Former Navy Leaders
Fincantieri Marinette Marine announced it added several former Navy leaders this month, most recently former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Gary Roughead was elected chairman of the board of directors […]