Navy/USMC

Fighter jets, money to fund an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and additional munitions top the Navy’s wish list of weapons it would like to have but couldn’t afford to include in […]

For the past 15 years, U.S. Central Command has hogged the military’s intelligence-gathering aircraft to keep an eye on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the demand signal is expected […]

Boeing [BA] is developing a multi-mission pod for its P-8 Poseidon aircraft used by the Navy to hunt submarines, a company official said March 3. The company is using internal […]

The annual tradition of the military services budgeting within their allocated allowances only for the service chiefs to submit “wish lists” to Congress of items they would like to spend […]

The Defense Department might need $18 billion added to its budget to keep it afloat once the bow wave of nuclear modernization programs crashes ashore in 2021 and beyond, according […]

After several misfires, the Army this year has decided to pull the trigger on replacing the M9 Beretta, its standard sidearm since 1985. Interested firearms manufacturers had to have their […]

SEATTLE—This week, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told Congress that the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) requirement remains 52 ships, but Defense Secretary Ashton […]

Budget reductions for aircraft maintenance are having a ripple effect through the Marine Corps that ultimately threatens pilot proficiency and may have led to fatal accidents, according to Commandant Gen. […]

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded BAE Systems an $11 million contract to develop next-generation electronic warfare (EW) technology, the company said Monday. The contract calls for BAE to […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] CEO Mitch Snyder wants to cut the price of the V-280 tilt-rotor aircraft in half and he’s identified a number of techniques to accomplish that. […]