Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCAnduril Unveils New Undersea Sensor Network
Anduril on Thursday unveiled its new AI-enabled undersea sensor node network, called Seabed Sentry, ahead of the annual Sea-Air-Space Expo next week. The company said the new system uses cable-less […]
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Navy/USMCHII’s Kastner Minimizes Metal Tariff Affect To Shipbuilding, Australian Suppliers Helps Fragile Industrial Base
The president and CEO of HII [HII] this week downplayed how much impact Trump administration aluminum and steel tariffs would have on the shipbuilding supply chain while noting adding Australian […]
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CongressWicker Calls for Ten-Fold Increase in Annual DoD Replicator Spending
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is calling for a ten-fold increase in annual spending on DoD’s Replicator initiative. Replicator, “an opening move toward making big bets on […]
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Navy/USMCUSMC Plans For Anduril’s Small Drone Defeat Capability At Up To 34 Locations, FOC In FY ‘34
After awarding Anduril Industries a contract last month to provide capability for protecting installations from small drone threats, the Marine Corps said Wednesday it intends to use the new defeat […]
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Navy/USMCL3Harris Expects Passive Detection System to Field First on Navy Destroyer in 2027
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] expects the U.S. Navy to begin fielding the company’s Shipboard Panoramic Electro-Optic/Infrared (SPEIR) system in 2027–operations that will begin with an Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer. “There is […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Nuke Head Says New Tech Easing Sub Production Increase
The head of the naval nuclear propulsion program this week argued submarine shipbuilding is improving, in part thanks to new technologies. While the U.S. Navy and submarine industrial base are […]
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InternationalHegseth Announces Marine Corps NMESIS Anti-Ship Deployment To Philippines
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday announced the U.S. and Philippines agreed to several defense cooperation measures, including deploying a new Marine Corps anti-ship missile system. “The United States […]
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Navy/USMCKaine Eyes SASC Tightening Minimum Amphib Levels
The ranking member of a Senate panel this week said he may push to modify the Navy’s minimum amphibious warship readiness requirements in the upcoming fiscal year 2026 defense policy […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Metal Tariffs Could Increase Shipbuilding Costs, Navy Official Admits
On Tuesday the Navy’s top acquisition official said the steel and aluminum tariffs President Trump is putting in place could increase shipbuilding costs as significant percentages came from Canada in […]
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Navy/USMCElectric Boat Nabs $1 Billion Contract Mod For Virginia Block VI Sub Material
General Dynamics’ [GD] Electric Boat won another undefinitized contract modification worth up to $1.065 billion for the long lead time material for Block VI Virginia-class attack submarines. Previously, in August […]