Navy/USMC

General Dynamics [GD] Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a three-year contract potentially worth $100 million by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to produce integrated circuits for the Navy’s Trident II […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House is expected to pass the long-delayed Pentagon spending bill this week after House and Senate appropriators met last Friday to hash out differences between different […]

By Geoff Fein For the operational, test and evaluation force, integrated testing is without a doubt one of the most significant changes in determining if a system, technology or platform […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps faces a "dilemma" as it weighs what vehicles to use until industry develops a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) that is suitable for the […]

By Geoff Fein The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is developing systems to enable Marines to take advantage of the Sun’s energy to charge batteries, run radios, laptops and sensors, […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is readying the USS Freedom (LCS-1) for its initial deployment in early 2010, making sure the modified surface warfare package and the crew are prepared […]

By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates told House lawmakers yesterday the Pentagon will likely buy more than 3,000 additional mine-resistant trucks for the additional troops being sent to Afghanistan. […]

By Geoff Fein The cost for the recently awarded contracts for the third and fourth Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) was more than $430 million per ship–however missing from that number […]

By Geoff Fein The administration’s decision to shift its missile defense policy for Europe away from a land-based system has allowed for the Navy to examine using its ship-based ballistic […]

By Geoff Fein Personnel aboard the USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) are training on new combat system hardware and software as the ship becomes the second Aegis cruiser in the fleet […]