Navy/USMC

The Navy’s top officer gave some insight into its alternate budget plans at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Nov. 7, noting that the Navy is considering making about […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] yesterday posted higher third quarter sales and net income, which benefited from hurricane insurance recoveries. Net income was up more than 400 percent to $69 million, […]

Congressional interference in spending plans and the inflexibility of sequestration have a cost, the military service chiefs told the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday–inefficiencies stemming from cuts and uncertainty will […]

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter remains the Pentagon’s highest acquisition priority and officials are poised to increase the production rate as progress is made to overcome cost and technical challenges, […]

BAE Systems has been awarded a $33.6 million contract to develop a next generation High Velocity Projectile (HVP) for the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the company said yesterday. BAE […]

The second Aegis Ashore system reached operational readiness on Oct. 24, completing its “light off” and allowing a team of Navy, Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials to […]

Elkhart, Ind.-based Transhield Inc. Nov. 1 said the company was awarded an $8.3 million contract–the largest defense contract in company history to supply protective covers for more than 4,500 Mine […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Friday it has upheld the Navy’s awarding of the contract for the service’s next-generation intranet known as NGEN to Hewlett-Packard [HP]. Harris Corp. [HRS] […]

The Navy’s newest version of the unmanned Fire Scout helicopter has flown for the first time as the service continues to develop a system designed to provide longer endurance than […]

Sikorsky Aircraft said yesterday that it has completed the initial rotor blade tests for the Marine Corps’ CH-53K heavy lift helicopter.  CH-53K concept. Rendering: Sikorsky. With 12 percent more surface […]