Navy/USMC

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 […]

Faulty bolts have been found on a new Navy amphibious transport dock ship and replacing the hardware has forced a six-week delay in the delivery of the San Antonio-class (LPD-17) […]

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The Navy and Marine Corps plan to extend the deployment of the cargo-ferrying unmanned K-MAX helicopters in Afghanistan by another six months and possibly longer, Naval Air Systems […]

The Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) yesterday added $130 million to President Barack Obama’s budget for industrial-base initiatives while reducing his proposed level of Pentagon funding by $100 million. During yesterday’s […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT], Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said they submitted proposals to the Navy to design, build, integrate and test the new Air and Missile Defense Radar […]

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–A mechanical airframe failure was responsible for the June crash in Maryland of a Navy unmanned aerial vehicle demonstrator for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program, the service’s […]

Serco Inc., the North American arm of Serco Group plc (SRP), yesterday said it was awarded a potential $73 million contract to support the Defense Department Joint Program Office with […]

The U.K. Ministry of Defense Friday said it signed a 15-year contract valued at some $236 million with ABL Alliance to provide support of the Trident Strategic Weapon System at […]

The Navy has stood up a program office for the planning and procurement of the second ship in the class of Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carriers. Rear Adm. Thomas […]

The Navy is defending the service’s 30-year shipbuilding plan following a report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week that projected higher costs for procuring ships over the next […]