Navy/USMC
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Air ForceLawmakers Stand By DoD Budget Bill Obama Threatens To Veto
Key lawmakers predicted yesterday the House will make few changes to the Pentagon budget bill in two weeks, despite the White House’s opposition and Senate plans to advance a more-modest […]
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Air ForceDoD Awards Rolls-Royce V-22 Engine Contract Worth Potentially $598 Million
The Defense Department recently awarded Rolls-Royce a contract worth potentially $598 million to put the company’s AE1107C engines on the Marine Corps and Air Force V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft, a company spokesman […]
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Air ForceDLA Already Moving Some Items Out of Afghanistan, Director Says
The director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) said the agency is already beginning to move items out of Afghanistan ahead of the larger work expected as U.S. troops begin […]
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Navy/USMCLCSs Will Ease Burden On Surface Combatants In Middle East, CNO says
The eventual deployment of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and other platforms to the Middle East will allow the Navy to shift larger surface combatants to the Asia-Pacific region without diminishing […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Testing AMDR Ahead Of Proposal Deadline
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is conducting tests of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) as part of the Navy competition to build the system intended for the next version of […]
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Navy/USMCSocial Media Transforming Disaster Preparedness, Response
Social media’s biggest impact on disaster preparedness and response is helping people be proactive, instead of reactive, a military social media practitioner said yesterday. “Folks, we think, are looking to […]
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Navy/USMCFirms Testing AMDR Ahead of Proposal Deadline
Defense firms are wrapping up tests of their Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) as part of the Navy competition to build the system intended for the next version of Arleigh […]
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Navy/USMCManagement Shakeup: Austal USA President Resigns
The president and chief operating officer of Austal USA, Joseph Rella, has resigned, as the builder of U.S. Navy vessels has begun a transition to new management, the company said […]
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Navy/USMCLatest LPD Completes Acceptance Trials
The latest of the San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious transport dock ships has completed sea trials and is due to be commissioned next year. The USS Anchorage (LPD-23) underwent sea trials […]
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CongressHill Awaits Analysis On Costly Submarine
As sundry groups examine the Pentagon budget for potential savings, lawmakers are awaiting more insight into a major budget item: a next-generation ballistic-missile submarine. A report attached to the Pentagon […]