Navy/USMC

Reports stating the Defense Department asked Congress to eliminate funding for 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft in next year’s budget have misrepresented the situation, a Navy spokesman told Defense Daily […]

The delivery of the fifth Littoral Combat Ship, USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), likely will be delayed about a month because of a mishap at the Marinette Marine Corp. shipyard, according to […]

Late last month, the Navy released a request for proposals to Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] and General Dynamics [GD] NASSCO for the detailed design and construction of its next amphibious […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has put forward an entrant for the Marine Corps’ amphibious combat vehicle program, but it’s not the Havoc 8×8 armored modular vehicle they developed with Finnish company […]

A third of the airstrikes pummeling the Islamic State originate from the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) aircraft carrier slated to leave the Persian Gulf this fall. Reports indicate that it […]

The Marine Corps unit that will first fly the service’s version of the F-35 as an operational aircraft in late June launched live ordnance from the aircraft. From June 22-26, […]

The Navy’s sixth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is one step closer to delivery after wrapping up acceptance trials on June 26. The service tested the performance of the USS Jackson […]

Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, the current head of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command (COMMARFORCOM), has been tapped to become the Marine Corps’ top general. If confirmed by the Senate, Neller […]

The Marine Corps will soon conduct an operational readiness inspection (ORI) of its first squadron of F-35Bs, the final step before declaring that the jets are finally combat ready. Marine […]

The Navy is gearing up for the August launch of the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite manufactured by Lockheed Martin [LMT], an event that will expand the constellation’s […]