Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein While the Navy is taking significant steps to reduce the total ownership cost (TOC) of its aircraft, ships and submarines, the service is also working to examine […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Secretary of the Navy is trying to change how the service gets and uses energy, with a series of initiatives aimed at reducing the sea-services’ dependence […]

By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Textron‘s [TXT] Bell Helicopter division have teamed to develop and demonstrate a new medium- range vertical unmanned aircraft system (VUAS) called Fire-X that […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last week issued its draft request for proposals (RFP) for the Aegis Platform System Engineering Agent (PSEA) including Advanced Capability Build (ACB) developer support for […]

By Geoff Fein As the Navy looks ahead to restarting the Arleigh Burke class production line, the service is looking to introduce new capabilities that will enable future destroyers to […]

By Geoff Fein For a few days during her nine-week initial deployment, the USS Freedom (LCS-1) operated alongside a partner navy, demonstrating that the Navy’s newest surface combatant can interoperate […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is facing a future with no budgetary growth and therefore must be vigilant in how it works contracts for the things it wants to buy, […]

By Geoff Fein The Naval Network Warfare Command has extended the deployment of General Dynamics‘ [GD] the Common Network Interface (CNI) software package on the Navy’s Information Technology-21st century (IT-21) […]

By Geoff Fein A Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT]-Boeing [BA] team developing the V-22 is the latest entry to propose a response to the Navy’s VXX presidential helicopter request for information […]

By Geoff Fein The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., this week after several days of successful sea trials following a lengthy and costly overhaul. The Enterprise […]