Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] officials believe efforts to develop the Next Generation Jammer as well as their familiarity with the EA-18G give the company an advantage in the effort […]

By Geoff Fein The recent keel laying for the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) marked a new beginning for the design and operation of the Navy’s future aircraft carrier fleet. […]

By Emelie Rutherford While the Navy is committed to building systems with open architecture, it must weigh the cost of and operational need for retrofitting existing equipment to have such upgradable […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s top technologist said yesterday he has "concern" about the loss of U.S. industrial base expertise in areas including armor. "We’re going through that analysis now […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the midst of planning its Program Objective Memorandum (POM) for fiscal years 2012 to 2017, focusing on total ownership cost (TOC) and overhead […]

By Emelie Rutherford While the Marine Corps continues to weigh use of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), it may need to pursue an upgraded precision-attack missile, an official steering the […]

By Emelie Rutherford Grappling with how to stem increasing U.S. bloodshed in Afghanistan caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced yesterday the creating of a new […]

By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC] will lay the keel for the USS Ford (CVN-78) on Saturday at its Newport News, Va., shipyard, officially marking the beginning of construction of […]

By Geoff Fein In the week since the Navy stood up its new Director of Information Dominance (N2/N6), the organization is moving ahead to become the single point of contact […]

By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] is looking to market its Common Radio Room (CRR) to U.S. partner nations, with the first effort to demonstrate the system to the Australian […]