Navy/USMC
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BudgetHouse Lawmakers Proposing More Tomahawk Missiles For Navy
House lawmakers are considering whether the Navy should plan on buying 96 additional Tomahawk cruise missiles, nearly doubling the 100 the Navy requested in its fiscal 2015 budget proposal. The […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Weighing More Studies on LCS, JHSV
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is weighing whether to require the Navy to take a second look at buying more Joint High Speed Vessels and to instruct the Government […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Awards General Dynamics A Whopping $17.6 Billion Contract For Subs
The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] submarine construction unit a contract exceeding $17.6 billion on Monday for 10 Virginia-class (SSN-774) attack subs. The contract is the largest in dollars the […]
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Navy/USMCLCS Surface Warfare Module Completes Initial Formal Testing
The surface warfare mission module for the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) has undergone initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) aboard a Freedom variant of the ship, the Navy said Monday. […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Aviators ‘Optimistic’ About New Platforms, Netting Their Capabilities Together
The Marine Corps aviation community is nearing the end of upgrading its aircraft despite ongoing budget cuts, but the assistant deputy commandant for aviation said the real game-changer will be […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Testing New Seeker For Tomahawk
Raytheon [RTN] has completed testing of a new passive seeker for the Tomahawk cruise missile designed to find and track frequency emitting targets and guide the missile to them, even […]
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InternationalFirst Block 1B Version of SM-3 Deployed, Raytheon Says
The Navy and the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency have for the first time deployed on a ship the block 1B version of the Standard Missile-3 for missile defense, prime contractor […]
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InternationalFrigate USS Taylor Repaired, Returning To Black Sea
A U.S. Navy frigate that was damaged after running aground in February has undergone repairs and is returning to operations in the Black Sea, the Navy said Tuesday. The Oliver […]
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Navy/USMCNAVSEA Commonality Directorate Will Create Tools to Simplify Acquisition for Navy, Industry
Naval Sea Systems Command’s new Acquisition and Commonality Directorate (SEA 06) will aid government and industry as they use commonality in parts to simplify work for sailors in the fleet […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Shuffling Acquisition Commands; Rear. Adm. Lewis To Head SPAWAR
The Navy said Monday that Rear Adm. David Lewis, the program executive officer for ships at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), has been selected to become the chief of Space […]