Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein The drawdown in Iraq and the ramp up in Afghanistan are two of the biggest logistics challenges the Department of Defense has ever taken on in recent […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] an $83 million contract to design, develop, fabricate, integrate, and test the Electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS). eCASS will […]

General Electric [GE] this week said its Aviation division will establish a research and development center that will focus on advanced technologies for military and civil hybrid electric vehicles and […]

By Emelie Rutherford A new Pentagon rapid-fielding effort remains a work in progress but has had successes including helicopter-survivability efforts, a senior official said. Zachary Lemnios, the Pentagon’s director of […]

By Geoff Fein MOBILE, Ala.–Although the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will operate with a crew of only 40 onboard, they are well-trained and meeting the challenges this new surface […]

By Emeie Rutherford The Marine Corps will include the future Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) in a new vehicle plan and remains committed to developing the Humvee-replacement truck with the […]

By Geoff Fein MOBILE, Ala.–One of the first things most people notice when coming aboard the USS Independence (LCS-2) is the space, according to an official from General Dynamics [GD], […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Defense Department late last year established minimum security standards for physical access control into its facilities and installations, a key step toward improving the ability to […]

By Geoff Fein The USS Freedom (LCS-1) has been operating in the western Caribbean for a little over a month, and in that time the Navy has learned a bit […]

By Emelie Rutherford Government auditors’ latest assessment of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program warns additional cost growth and schedule extensions, beyond those recently unveiled, are likely. The Government Accountability […]