Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has competed on-orbit testing of the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, setting it up for the Navy’s operational test and evaluation ahead of its August […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has completed the first flight tests of the sensors for target detection, classification and recognition as part of the development of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), […]

The Defense Department plans to turn over radio program responsibilities with the primary tactical radio requirements, after nearly a decade of effort to develop next-generation software-defined radios under the Joint […]

Boeing [BA] is hopeful that Marine Corps plans to retire four squadrons of EA-6B Prowlers for electronic attack warfare will open the door for extending the production line for F/A-18s, […]

The Navy has opened a center to train future operators of the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter in a sign of the service’s long term commitment to the system for […]

The head of the Pentagon’s Strategic Command (STRATCOM) vigorously defended yesterday plans to build 12 SSBN(X) ballistic-missile submarines, suggesting the number of vessels could even increase. Lawmakers and Pentagon officials […]

U.K. Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond yesterday officially received the first two of a planned 62 AgustaWestland Wildcat helicopters for the army and navy. At the Farnborough International Air Show, Hammond […]

The Navy this week completed a second round of sea-based testing of the communications software that will be used to guide its envisioned aircraft carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle on take-offs […]

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter reached the highest monthly total of test points yet during June, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday, in a positive step for a program that has […]

Textron [TXT] has been awarded a $212.7-million contract by the Navy for the first of the next generation of amphibious landing craft designed for launch from ships to ferry Marines, […]