Navy/USMC

Naval shipbuilders lost some powerful congressional advocates in recent years. So House lawmakers are trying to boost support for ship companies and programs in Congress through steps like taking new […]

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said yesterday that a continuing resolution to govern spending for the rest of fiscal 2013 would be just daunting as across the board budget cuts that […]

The Navy will soon decide who will develop, design and build an actual full-scale, next-generation electromagnetic railgun prototype that will be evaluated by the Defense Department at a firing rate […]

Top Navy officers are once again defending the survivability of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) following the most recent report by the Pentagon’s testing office stating the ships would not […]

 A lawmaker backing plans to restore a nuclear submarine to the Navy’s budget said current legislation on Capitol Hill would allow the service to add the vessel through a somewhat-unorthodox […]

The Navy has instructed commands to begin identifying possible funding cuts in readiness as well as in other areas because Congress has not passed an appropriations bill for fiscal 2013,  […]

The Marines have awarded a $24 million contract for 13 Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-A2) from General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems-Canada. The LAV-A2 is a mobile, survivable and lethal system for […]

The Navy in July awarded BAE Systems a $28 million full-rate production (FRP) contract for the company’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS). A FRP contract option for $41 million […]

With a $1 million prize in the offing, more than 700 participants flexed their fingers yesterday and began collaborating in more than 150 teams to design the mobility and drive […]

The Navy and Marine Corps would not be able to meet requirements for fiscal 2013 if Congress extends a continuing resolution through the remainder of the year rather than passes […]