Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Studies Call For Increasing Number Of Ships To Near Mid-300s
Studies conducted by the U.S. Navy are suggesting that the service should increase the number of ships in its fleet to about the mid-300s, according to Chief of Naval Operations […]
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Navy/USMCAs SECDEF Mattis Would Bring Little Industry, Procurement Experience To Pentagon
Other than commanding combat troops, James Mattis, retired Marine Corps general and President-elect Donald Trump’s likely defense secretary, has served only one stint overseeing Marine combat development and three years on […]
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CongressNavy Wants To Boost Production of Attack Subs, Large Surface Combatants, Amphibs
If the U.S. Navy receives a big boost in its shipbuilding budget, attack submarines, large surface combatants and amphibious assault ships will top its wish list, according to a key […]
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Air ForceBoeing, Lockheed Rack Up More Orders For P-8, F-35
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] both gobbled up military aircraft sales during Thanksgiving week, with Norway announcing plans to buy five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes and Lockheed […]
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Air ForceBoeing, Lockheed Rack Up More Orders For P-8, F-35
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] both gobbled up military aircraft sales during Thanksgiving week, with Norway announcing plans to buy five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes and Lockheed […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s First DDG-1000 Destroyer Sidelined by Engineering Problem
The U.S. Navy’s first DDG-1000 destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, experienced an engineering casualty during a trip from the East Coast to the West Coast and is currently moored in Panama, […]
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BudgetLawmakers Push To Unblock Development of Ballistic Missile Submarine
Six senators and 33 House members have signed letters urging key congressional appropriators to pass language allowing the successor to the Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine to enter its next […]
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Navy/USMCReport: Marines Need Lighter, Longer Range Vehicles And More Aviation For Future Amphibious Warfare
Marine Corps forces aboard Navy ships will be ripe targets for enemy cruise missiles in any future amphibious operation, which means they will have to project power ashore from hundreds […]
