Navy/USMC

The Marine Corps has ordered more than 1,000 additional Excalibur extended range artillery shells from Raytheon [RTN] after citing an urgent operational need for the projectiles in Afghanistan, the company […]

The builder trials for the third of the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS-3) have been successfully completed and the USS Fort Worth is on schedule for delivery to the Navy next […]

Boeing [BA] said yesterday it has installed its enhanced data transfer network on the USS Spruance (DDG-111), making it the first guided-missile destroyer to receive the upgraded Gigabit Ethernet Data […]

The network is Army modernization’s number one priority, and Harris Corp. [HRS] radios are participating in service Network Integration Evaluations (NIE) to show what they can do, even as they […]

The Navy has released a revised request for proposals (RFP) for the next contract for the Aegis Combat System designed to align it with the service’s requirements and budget expectations, […]

The Navy admiral in charge of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program said he is confident costs are being controlled with future ships and structural glitches with initial vessels revealed […]

The program manager for the Ohio-class (SSBN) replacement said yesterday he plans on leveraging the technology and know-how of the Virginia–class (SSN-774) attack submarine to design and build next generation […]

The Navy needs to improve at clarifying requirements and specifications to industry for the design of Open Architecture (OA) systems to ensure they meet durability standards, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the […]

The Navy should move quickly to determine its requirements for a future long strike weapon to replace the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) as the venerable system may not meet […]

The Army plans to move out swiftly to acquire a new Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Ground Mobile Radio (GMR) once a signed Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) from DoD’s top […]