Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCDARPA And Marine Corps Cancel ARES Program For Cost Growth, Delays
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps have canceled the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) program because of cost overruns and schedule slips. Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk […]
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Navy/USMCGeurts: Navy Focus On Columbia Margin About Sub Cadence
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy’s top acquisitions official said Tuesday the Navy’s concern with maintaining the Columbia-class ballistic missile (SSBN) submarine schedule margin is focused on the overall submarine […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Planning More Autonomous Platform Experiments, Standing Up USV Test Group In San Diego
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The Navy is increasing the number of experiments with autonomous platforms, as the service looks to invest over $1 billion in unmanned technologies, to better understand the […]
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Navy/USMCOfficial: Columbia Will Be On Time But No Margin, Supplier Inspections Continue
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The program manager for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines said Tuesday while the boats have almost no margin for delays, he believes the submarines will be […]
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Homeland SecurityForthcoming Arctic Strategies Will Shape National Plans For Arctic, Coast Guard Chief Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Following the Coast Guard’s release in late April of its strategic outlook for the Arctic, the White House and Defense Department are also crafting strategies for the region […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks More Foreign Poseidon Partners As P-8 Deliveries Near End
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Approaching the U.S. Navy’s final planned buy of Boeing [BA] P-8 Poseidons in 2020, 169 of the multimission maritime aircraft have been sold across seven countries. […]
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Navy/USMCV-22 Program Seeks Savings In Foreign Customers, But 2020 Deadline Looms
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Having Japan as a foreign military sales partner on the V-22 could end up saving the U.S. government $60 million or more over the life of the program, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Provides Zumwalt Status Updates, Final Vessel Delivering Next Year
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — On Tuesday the Navy provided status updates for the Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyers, including the fabrication status of the last ship set to deliver late next year. […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Begins Work On Upgraded Growler; Flight-Testing Underway For Super Hornet Block III Aircraft
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Boeing [BA] has initiated development work for an upgraded version of its aircraft carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft for the Navy that will include advanced sensors, increased computer power […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Updates On Ford-Class Carriers, CVN-79 Launching Early
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A Navy official on Monday gave updates on the production of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, noting CVN-79 is over 50 percent executed and will be launched […]