Navy/USMC

Military leaders said yesterday their budgets are being squeezed by the volatility of fossil-fuel prices. Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommittee Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) noted to the […]

Sequestration will slow the ability of the Marine Corps to put its legacy F/A-18 fighter jets through depot and maintenance, a dilemma that would leave fewer aircraft available for training […]

The head of a House panel said he has concerns about the Pentagon’s proposed changes to a new Army vehicle effort and plans for buying Navy drones, and also is […]

The Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said Tuesday that one of his greatest concerns is how the shipbuilding industrial base will survive in the years ahead if the […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it successfully demonstrated the launch, guided flight, target acquisition and precision strike capability of its Nemesis missile in three flight tests at White Sands Missile […]

Cost increases on the composite deckhouse and hangar for the first ship of the Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000) program have in part prompted the Navy to hold a competition for the […]

The Integrator unmanned aerial vehicle has completed its first flight off a ship as part of testing before heading into limited production for the Marine Corps. The RQ-21 Integrator snags […]

Technical issues have forced the Navy to push back limited production of its planned high endurance unmanned aerial vehicle for maritime surveillance by at least a year. In rolling out […]

The Navy’s number of combat ships will fall below 280 in the short term before returning to higher numbers over the next five years, according to budget information released by […]

The Obama administration’s missile defense priorities in the fiscal year 2014 budget total some $9.2 billion, which includes $7.6 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), while making key changes […]