Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy’s First DDG-1000 Destroyer Leaving Shipyard
The first Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyer has completed its crew certification and was scheduled the afternoon of Sept. 7 to leave General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works in Maine, where it […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s New DDG-113 Destroyer Begins Sea Trials
The future USS John Finn (DDG-113), a DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, completed its first round of sea trials Aug. 30 after spending three days in the Gulf of Mexico […]
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Navy/USMCLCS Woes Spur Navy Review Of Crew Procedures, Training
A recent spate of problems with the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) prompted Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander of Naval Surface Forces, to order all LCS crews to review […]
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ArmyLt. Gen. Walsh: Marines ‘Must Have’ Active Vehicle Protection For Future Fights
Guided missiles have advanced and proliferated to such a point that the Marine Corps must deploy its vehicles with more than old fashion armor to protect them, according to Lt. […]
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CyberLockheed Martin Wins Navy Contract Modifications Worth Over $10 Million For Computer Center Support
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a contract modification worth over $10.4 million to activate development equipment suites for future advanced capability builds in support of computer program development at […]
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InternationalCanada Becomes First Foreign Buyer Of Insitu’s Blackjack UAS
Canada has signed an agreement making it the first foreign buyer of the Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned air system (UAS). One Blackjack system, which consists of five air vehicles, two […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s LCS-4 Sidelined By Engineering Problem
The USS Coronado, a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-4), experienced an “engineering casualty” Aug. 30, four days after leaving Pearl Harbor to deploy to the Western Pacific, the Navy said. The […]
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Navy/USMCEngine On Navy’s LCS-1 Damaged By Seawater
One of the two main propulsion diesel engines on the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1), the USS Freedom, recently sustained “significant damage” from seawater contamination and will likely have to […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps F-35Bs In 2017 Will Deploy Simultaneously To Pacific, Middle East Aboard Ships
About eight months after the Marine Corps deploys its first squadron of F-35Bs aboard an amphibious warship in the Pacific it will send another squadron aboard a ship bound for […]
