Navy/USMC

The Pentagon budget bill the Senate passed over the weekend cuts funding for systems including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, adds monies to maintain M-1 Abrams tank production, and critiques Army weapons development. […]

The Navy’s delay of the release of the final request for proposals (RFP) for the successor to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) shouldn’t disrupt the timeframe for transitioning to […]

A remote minehunting unmanned system designed to quickly find mines for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) recently completed a key reliability milestone during testing, the Navy said yesterday. The Remote […]

The Senate passed the Pentagon policy bill yesterday by an 86-13 vote, clearing it for President Barack Obama’s signature as the fate of the actual defense budget legislation remained in […]

Raytheon [RTN] said this week it has moved forward in its development of the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) for the Navy, having successfully completed wind tunnel testing of a power […]

Three major defense companies–Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN]–submitted bids yesterday in the Navy’s competition for the next contract to modernize the Aegis Combat System. The Navy is expected […]

The House is poised to vote today on a final Pentagon policy bill that changes the Pentagon’s plans for numerous systems including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Medium Air Extended […]

MDBA Inc., the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of missile maker MBDA, yesterday said it has purchased Northrop Grumman’s [NOC[ Viper Strike munitions business, located in Huntsville, Ala. Terms of the agreement […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $241-million contract modification for the continued design and development of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA, the company said yesterday. The […]

House and Senate negotiators agreed last night on a final Pentagon authorization bill that they hope to send in the coming days to the White House, which has threatened to veto similar […]