Navy/USMC

The Defense Department and F-35 engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney reached an agreement in principle for a sixth lot of F135 engines, including the first propulsion systems for international partners […]

General Dynamics’s [GD] Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) with Flyer Defense LLC was selected over incumbent AM General and awarded a seven -ear, potential $562 million contract for  as many […]

The Navy’s fourth Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Coronado (LCS-4), has completed acceptance trials and is readying for delivery, a spokesman for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said Friday. […]

The Navy has conducted the first successful over-the-horizon tests of Raytheon’s [RTN] Standard Missile-6 SM-6, the company said Friday. The SM-6. Photo by Raytheon The Navy fired two of the […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week said initial field testing has been successfully completed of a secure, private internet and cloud system for front-line soldiers and Marines. […]

The Navy is eliminating, downgrading or merging dozens of admiral posts to save money at a time of shrinking budgets and the imposition of automatic sequestration cuts, the service said, […]

China’s defense minister, Gen. Chang Wanquan, denied on Monday his country engages in cyber attacks or hacking and pledged cooperation with the United States to promote cyber security through a […]

The Marine Corps has carried out the first nighttime landings of its variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aboard a ship. The F-35B, which features a short-take off and […]

MERRIMACK, N.H.—BAE Systems’ Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system this week is undergoing a detailed and extensive government review, the Preliminary Design Review (PDR), to provide data for the government to […]

The Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] conducted the fourth flight test of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle on Wednesday, reaching half the number of tests planned for the early […]