Navy/USMC

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 […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] is exploring the possibility of converting its Avondale shipyard into a manufacturing plant for products in the oil and gas sector, but for the time being […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] has told the Navy that delays in issuing contracts in the construction of aircraft carriers or other ships could lead to cost increases, the company’s CEO […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said yesterday it is in the process of building a Triton unmanned aerial vehicle to use as a test bed for the Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance […]