Navy/USMC

The impact of existing and looming budget cuts facing the Defense Department from an ongoing budget resolution and sequestration in FY ’13 alone would have a severe impact on some […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] yesterday reported lower fourth quarter net income due to higher workers compensation and tax expenses while sales increased due to gains at both of the company’s […]

The National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), which builds and maintains Navy ships, has informed hundreds of workers that they could start losing their jobs by the end of April […]

The Navy expects to begin feeling the impact of the congressional budget turmoil on overall aviation readiness in July as it may have to reduce spending to cope with effect […]

The Pentagon is examining a problem with a component of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that caused smoke in the cockpit during a flight earlier this month, an official said […]

The Pentagon has suspended flights for its entire fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters following the discovery of a crack on an engine blade during a routine inspection. The Pentagon’s […]

The Navy believes the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) can be adapted to provide capabilities beyond the missions it was designed for by capitalizing on the modularity of the vessels, a […]

The Navy plans to modify its contract with Hewlett Packard [HP] to cover the cost of operating the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) beyond this September, and is including an […]

The Marine Corps’ top general for aviation said he expects pilots learning to fly the F-35 will spend an increased amount of time in simulators to master its complicated systems […]

MBDA yesterday said it has signed the first contract with an export customer for the acquisition of its naval air defense system SIMBAD-RC, one year after launching its self-financed development. […]