Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein Since bringing together all of its shipyards under one roof, Northrop Grumman [NOC] Shipbuilding has pulled together its supplier base under a single vice president to further […]

By Geoff Fein For the first time the Navy has acknowledged that it will likely not meet its goal of awarding a contract for 10 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) this […]

By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC] is taking an unusual approach to its Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES) effort by offering up all of its data rights to the […]

By Geoff Fein The two teams competing for the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) contract are both taking different approaches to how they look to reduce infrastructure […]

By Geoff Fein While the Navy is developing communication buoys to enable submarines to pass data while at speed and depth, a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort is […]

By Emelie Rutherford A House panel is continuing to fight back Pentagon attempts to take away already-pegged-for Army vehicle upgrades. The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in an Aug. 10 […]

By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] is touting a new 3G broadband network for the military that will enable any government approved, commercially available smart phone to link in and […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week beat out General Dynamics [GD] for an $11.8 million cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus- fixed-fee contract to provide Trident II (D-5) strategic systems programs shipboard systems integration, according […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) gave a welcome reception yesterday to an influential panel’s call for building more Navy ships through the daunting task of increasing […]

By Emelie Rutherford An industry group is warning a program the Navy is developing for granting some contractors "preferred supplier" status could inappropriately exclude smaller companies from contract competitions. The […]