Navy/USMC

The Navy has moved forward with the construction of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), issuing contract modifications Monday to prime contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Austal USA for four of the […]

The Marine Corps’ AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) moved into low-rate initial production (LRIP) after a Jan. 24 Milestone C decision by the assistant secretary of the Navy for […]

The chief of Naval Air Systems Command, Vice Adm. David Dunaway, said the Navy is striving to find the right mix of requirements for the unmanned aircraft it plans to […]

The impact of sequestration beyond FY ’15 will affect plans for modernizing the nuclear triad, Elaine Bunn, Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Defense Nuclear And Missile Defense Policy, said Wednesday.  “If […]

Even though the Navy has deleted plans to purchase 17 of Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters from its five-year acquisition plan, the ultimate fate of the program […]

The Navy’s budget proposal for fiscal 2015 calls for spending $30.7 billion for ships, aircraft and weapons, about $4 billion less than the 2014 request with the largest reduction hitting […]

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Friday the service will first take a strong look at the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to determine if the class can be modified to improve […]

The chief of the Office of Naval Research said this week that as the entire service tries to deal with reduced budget he will keep his agency focused on high […]

The Navy and contractor Raytheon [RTN] recently conducted a flight of a Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile to test new communications, the company said Thursday. The testing of the Block IV […]

The Navy has awarded Boeing [BA] a $2 billion contract for 16 P-8A Poseidons, marking the beginning of full-rate production of the aircraft for anti-surface and-submarine warfare and for maritime […]