Navy/USMC

The Navy and Marine Corps have begun the process of outlining the requirements for an unmanned cargo helicopter but as of yet have not established a timeframe for declaring a […]

The Navy has selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] to perform engineering services work on the Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) that is fielded on aircraft carriers and amphibious ships and integrates various […]

Senate appropriators have blocked the Navy’s plan to sideline 11 Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) cruisers for long-term modernization and, like their colleagues in the House, placed limits on how many of the […]

Senate lawmakers on the defense appropriations panel have added $1.2 billion to the budget for fiscal 2015 that would allow the Navy to purchase 12 of Boeing’s [BA] EA-18G Growler […]

Oshkosh Defense [OSK], AM General, and Lockheed Martin [LMT], all competing for the Army/Marine Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), have received draft requests for proposals (RFP) for the production phase […]

The Navy has begun a second round of online war gaming designed to address the contentious issue of intellectual property (IP) rights, a key aspect of the Pentagon’s effort to […]

The Marine Corps will look to make as few changes as possible to the existing designs for the four Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) competitors in the hopes of getting the […]

The day after the Defense Department lifted its grounding of the F-35, it announced the jet wouldn’t make its long-awaited international debut this week. The Pentagon decided against sending Marine […]

The Navy Monday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $279 million contract modification to a previously awarded F-35 low rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 6 contract, according to a Defense Department […]

Pentagon acquisition czar Frank Kendall and F-35 boss Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan Monday cited an “extensive rub” of a third stage fan blade as a key factor in […]