Navy/USMC

Boeing [BA] is considering bidding on the Navy’s next contract for the Aegis Combat System, the company said yesterday, adding a potential new twist to the competition in the multi-billion […]

ITT Corp. [ITT] yesterday said it is moving its maritime mine defense business into a new 105,000 square foot facility to account for growth in the defense business. The business […]

A Senate panel wants to slash funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and kill a new combat vehicle effort as part of $26 billion in cuts to the […]

Pentagon officials plan to meet with the contractor building the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine about its proposal to self-fund the embattled program, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said yesterday. […]

Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said yesterday that the Marine Corps variant of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Lightning II is on schedule to meet the two-year timeframe for removing the […]

The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday he still sees a need for a second F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine despite the current fiscal pressures on […]

The Navy is seeking ways to encourage greater cooperation with its repository for sharing and reusing software and hardware to promote innovation and achieve cost savings, the service’s deputy director for […]

The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract to provide Advanced Threat Warning (ATW) sensors as an upgrade for large aircraft infrared countermeasures, the company said yesterday. Northrop Grumman […]

In a time of uncertainty and historic change as important resource decisions are crafted, the 38th Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno yesterday offered a cautionary note, saying the […]

The U.S. defense budget may be shrinking but some companies see opportunity as U.K.-based Roke Manor Research said it formed a partnership with its U.S.-based sister company, Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology […]