Navy/USMC

The Pentagon has successfully conducted a sea-based missile defense test with a newly upgraded version of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and its latest missile interceptor. The Missile Defense […]

The Navy released its long-awaited request for proposals (RFP) yesterday for the follow-on program to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) after months of delays meant to promote an effective […]

The admiral in charge of the Littoral Combat Ship program said he expects deficiencies found on the third copy of the ship during recent acceptance testing to be resolved quickly. […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] yesterday posted lower net income in the first quarter as higher expenses weighed on an otherwise solid operating performance at the company’s two shipbuilding divisions. Net […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling for pressuring the Pentagon to firm up usage dates for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in the defense policy legislation it passed via […]

The admiral in charge of the Littoral Combat Ship program said he expects deficiencies found on the third copy of the ship during recent acceptance testing to be resolved quickly. […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test program is ahead of its 2012 flight test plan, the company said. The System Development and Demonstration (SDD) program completed 373 flights […]

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) wants to develop a solid-state laser weapon prototype that will demonstrate multi-mission capabilities aboard a Navy ship to help sailors defeat small boat threats […]

A key House panel approved a defense budget yesterday that gives the Pentagon funding it did not request to prevent a temporary shutdown of three vehicles’ production lines, a move […]

The third Littoral Combat Ship has completed acceptance trials and is poised for delivery to the Navy later this year, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said yesterday. The USS Fort […]