Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) last week questioned the top leadership of the Navy as to whether the evaluation criteria being used to select a winner in the […]

By Emelie Rutherford Military officials sought to alleviate congressional concerns yesterday about the Pentagon relying in the future on one main contractor for tactical aircraft, pointing to planning for future […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is working to meet a Monday deadline to inform Congress of plans to pursue a multi-year buy of Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornets that could […]

By Geoff Fein Aluminum multi-hull ships are more energy efficient than a steel monohull ship, an Austal USA official said yesterday at a naval energy conference. "Multi-hulls by their nature […]

By Geoff Fein For FY ’11, the Navy has outlined three unfunded requests totaling $532 million for aviation spares, and aviation and ship maintenance. "Although these unfunded requirements are not […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy will deploy the USS Freedom (LCS-1) this week to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) to conduct counter narcotics and theater security […]

By Geoff Fein The next award phase for the Navy’s future jammer will be a technology development phase that will include a competitive prototype, according to a service official Almost […]

By Emelie Rutherford With the military services’ fiscal year 2011 budget hearings set to kick off this week, lawmakers are sorting through claims and data regarding whether there is a […]

By Geoff Fein Although the Navy has a history of operating in a network environment, working in the cyber domain presents a unique set of challenges for the service, according […]

By Emelie Rutherford Military leaders pushed back yesterday on criticism from House lawmakers who are upset the Pentagon does not want to fund a disputed jet-engine program and believe new […]