Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy’s LCS Mission Modules, IDECM Breach Nunn-McCurdy
Two Navy programs have significant and critical Nunn-McCurdy cost breaches, the Defense Department said in its annual Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) covering 2017. The SAR, released late Tuesday, reported the […]
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Air ForceDoD Eyes Shifting F-35 Management To Military Services
The U.S. Department of Defense wants to restructure the F-35 Lightning II program to give the military services more control over the maturing fighter jet, according to Pentagon officials. DoD […]
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Navy/USMCLCS-9 Departs Montreal After Three-Month Ice Delay
The Littoral Combat Ship USS Little Rock (LCS-9) has finally left Montreal, Canada this week after getting caught there for three months due to icey conditions preventing it from traveling […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-116 Finishes Builder’s Trials
The future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer successfully finished builder’s trials on March 31, the Navy said on Monday. The trials included a set of in-port and […]
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Air ForceDoD Starts Study On Airlift, Sealift And Tanker Needs
The Department of Defense has launched a congressionally mandated study to determine how many refueling aircraft, transport planes and cargo ships it will need to support future military operations. U.S. Transportation Command […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And Lockheed Martin Successfully Test Two Trident II D5 Missiles
A joint U.S. Navy and a Lockheed Martin [LMT] industry team successfully launched two Trident II D5 Life Extension missiles from the Ohio-class USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) ballistic missile submarine. This test […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans To Award Boeing A Contract For Super Hornet Service Life Modification
The Naval Air Systems Command announced on Thursday it intends to negotiate and award a sole-source contract modification to Boeing [BA] for service-life modification (SLM) of F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Commandant Says Funding ‘More Than Adequate’ For Readiness, But Modernization Requires More
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller says the service’s budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is “more than adequate” to continue building near-term readiness, but there are […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Extend The Life Of Five Los Angeles Subs
Top Navy officials told the House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee on Tuesday that the service plans to extend the life of one nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarine by 10 […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Wants Legacy Systems Open To New Capabilities
AUSTIN, Texas – The Navy is challenging its program directors to find ways of opening legacy systems to new capabilities, but the process of moving to modular, open systems architectures […]
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