Navy/USMC

The Navy’s third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 3), the future USS Fort Worth, has begun her journey to commissioning in Texas and on to her eventual homeport of San Diego. […]

President Obama has nominated a new Director for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) James Syring, who also would be appointed to the rank of vice […]

Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto said Friday his country is awaiting the outcome of investigations into recent crashes of two V-22 Ospreys before it will sign off on allowing U.S. […]

Maersk Line, Limited (MLL), which serves the U.S. government through the operation of flagged shipping vessels, yesterday said it has acquired 3PSC, which builds and operates special mission ships for […]

The Navy is confident that the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is on track as it moves towards overcoming the problems on the first ships of the class, Rear Adm. […]

President Barack Obama has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan to become the next head of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said yesterday. The nomination […]

General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of the naval ship repair company Earl Industries, expanding its capabilities in the ship repair market. Terms of the deal, […]

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The Navy’s senior executive officer for unmanned aviation said this week that the planned timeframe for basing a UAV strike platform on an aircraft carrier was “pretty ambitious,” […]

A Lockheed Martin [LMT]-Raytheon [RTN] team demonstrated its potential electronic attack solution for the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), according to a Lockheed Martin statement. The demonstration took […]

As the Navy forges ahead on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, it will need to figure out how to balance the operational availability of the vessels with the maintenance […]