Navy/USMC

MBDA’s Italian subsidiary signed a contract worth over $1 billion to supply the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) with Exocet, Aster, and MICA missiles, the company said Wednesday. The contract […]

The freedom of navigation at sea is “under increasing pressure” because countries such as China, Iran and Russia are becoming more aggressive toward others in their respective parts of the […]

Orbital ATK [OA] completed the expansion of its Northridge, Calif., facility to integrate its engineering and production of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System and Common Munition Bits Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE) […]

The Navy is thinking about distributed lethality as a fleet concept, as opposed to simply a surface force concept, according to the head of the service’s Fleet Forces Command. Adm. […]

Setting achievable expectations is critical to the Defense Department fielding its first directed energy weapon, according to a key Air Force officer. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) chief Gen. Ellen […]

The CH-53K King Stallion helicopter successfully completed a 27,000 pound payload external lift test, prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Thursday. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is developing the King […]

The Chief of Naval Operations expects results from studies on future fleet design and future force structures to arrive by the July-August timeframe. Adm. John Richardson said Monday these study […]

The White House on Thursday announced new executive actions, including those at military facilities, to accelerate integration of renewable energy and storage into the electric grid. The Navy and Air […]

The Navy’s newest man-portable bomb-disposal robot has been approved for fabrication and testing after passing a critical design review, the service and manufacturer Northrop Grumman [NOC] said Tuesday. Increment 1 […]