Navy/USMC

The Navy yesterday issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design, development and integration of the Aegis Weapon System and Aegis Combat System future capabilities for CG-47 Ticonderoga Class […]

The U.K. Secretary of State for Transport (DfT) Philip Hammond yesterday told Parliament that to ensure continuity of service his ministry will run an interim search and rescue (SAR) helicopter […]

The Navy officially established a new combined program executive office (PEO) for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program yesterday, with Rear Adm. James Murdoch as its program executive officer and […]

The House passed a $530 billion Pentagon spending plan last Friday, via a 336-87 vote, that is $8.9 billion smaller than President Barack Obama’s proposal and faces a veto threat […]

Reprogramming Rundown. The Pentagon’s $5 billion omnibus reprogramming request, dated June 30 and now before Congress, seeks to shift money for varied vehicle efforts including $51 million for 14 more […]

Naval Air Systems Command is putting the Lockheed Martin [LMT] built K-MAX unmanned cargo aircraft through its paces this week at the command’s facilities in Patuxent River, Md., in preparation […]

The House worked through proposed defense budget amendments yesterday related to war spending and Libya, yet shied away from substantive debate on weapon systems. The chamber continued debating the $530 […]

The Australian Defense Force (ADF) is about to embark on the largest disposal of military equipment since World War II–replacing or upgrading as much as 85 percent of its equipment […]

A recently released Congressional report has raised a number of issues regarding the role of the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, and the next-generation Aegis Ashore variant, in missile […]

The Navy and industry team developing the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) for the sea service cleared a critical milestone this month, proving the system’s ship-based command and control […]