Navy/USMC

Despite budget cuts, the Navy projects there will be a slight increase in workload at the nation’s shipyards over the next five years, according to a service official. Wilmot Summerall, […]

In an attempt to build on its success in designing and building a new class of high-endurance cutters that are successfully operating for the U.S. Coast Guard, Huntington Ingalls Industries […]

The Navy will seek congressional approval for a multi-year contract to get nine Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers under construction during the next five fiscal years, the Naval Sea Systems Command’s […]

The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program plans to buy Raytheon’s [RTN] Griffin missile on a limited basis until it holds a competition to develop a more advanced surface-to-surface missile in […]

The Navy is moving to develop increased commonality between two key ship defense systems as a way to maximize efficiencies, save costs and ease technology upgrades, Naval Sea Systems Command’s […]

With the first of the Zumwalt-class destroyers poised for a key step in its construction later this year, one of the prime contractors is confident the DDG-1000’s appeal to the […]

While the K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter has shown promise during recent missions in Afghanistan, the system has not reached the desired amount of supplies it can ferry to soldiers in […]

A senior defense-focused senator cautioned the Navy yesterday against growing its fleet to 313 ships by purchasing what she views as too many less-advanced vessels, expressing concern about the service’s rate of buying large surface combatants. “Building a […]

FLIR Systems, Inc. [FLIR] is looking to break into the large-ship Navy market with its latest thermal camera, according to a company official.   FLIR’s Sea Star SAFIRE HD camera, […]

The defense industry and some lawmakers are sounding alarms about recent changes to the law dictating how depot-level work on military equipment is shared between government and private facilities. An Aerospace Industries […]