Navy/USMC

HII [HII] this week announced its REMUS 620 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) successfully completed its first recovery via a submarine torpedo tube test fixture. The test was conducted by a […]

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Tuesday confirmed the SHIPS Act is currently working its way through the Commerce Committee but he sees ways to connect it to a defense authorization […]

A Defense Department official on Tuesday said there are things the U.S. and Australia can do to make the AUKUS security agreement stronger and more sustainable, while confirming a review […]

Unmanned surface vessel (USV) developer and manufacturer Seasats in late September received its largest contract to date, a potential $89.2 million Navy production award in support of the Marine Corps. […]

A defense business subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate Hanwha on Monday appointed the former Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Ships, Rear Adm. (Ret.) Tom Anderson, to lead its shipbuilding […]

Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Sikorsky is developing autonomous, twin prop-rotor Nomad drones, based on the company’s rotor blown wing vertical take-off and landing concept. “The twin prop-rotor design combines the versatility […]

The Navy is conducting another round of research to determine potential sources that can manufacture the terminal defense MK 15 Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) over fiscal years 2026 to 2029. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] started initial light off ground-based testing for the Japan-bound Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV)’s shipset 1 SPY-7 radar system on schedule, the company announced Tuesday. The testing […]

BETA Technologies and General Dynamics [GD] last week announced the start of a partnership to develop “advanced propulsion systems” for a classified undersea vehicle project. In a September 26 announcement, […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] received a more than $12.5 billion contract modification to build 296 F-35s in Lots 18 and 19, the Defense Department said on Monday. “This modification provides for […]