Navy/USMC

The Navy has issued General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works $610 million in funding for the construction of an Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer. The funding is for hull number 122 […]

The Navy has released funding for three Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) for the 2015 fiscal year, sending $691 million to Austal USA for two Independence variants and $362 million to […]

The Navy has sent a special funding request to Congress seeking $2. 2 billion for buying 12 Boeing [BA] F/A-18 Super Hornets and eight Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35C Joint Strike […]

Proposals are due May 18 for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Marines’ top ground modernization priority, the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV). The wheeled ACV 1.1 would […]

The Navy has issued a $604 million contract to Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding’s [HII] Ingalls unit for construction of an Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer. The contract is for hull DDG-121 and […]

Britain’s BAE Systems on Friday evening said it will invest about $100 million over the next two years purchasing a new dry dock and other infrastructure improvements at its ship […]

The Defense Department and Pratt & Whitney are still pursuing a long-term solution to the F135 problem that lead to an engine fire and a temporary grounding of the F-35 […]

The Navy outlined a new initiative on Thursday designed to increase its ability to more quickly adopt new innovations in the commercial information technology sector to more rapidly response to […]

The Navy plans to conclude flight tests this spring of the X-47B unmanned plane built to demonstrate aircraft carrier operations as it moves toward a follow-on system planned to be […]

The Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) completed Acceptance Trials (AT) on March 13, the last major milestone before delivery of the ship, builder Austal USA said on […]