Navy/USMC

By Emelie Rutherford The House’s lead defense appropriator said yesterday industry and congressional squabbling over the Air Force’s latest solicitation for aerial-refueling tankers proves the best way to dodge further […]

By Geoff Fein While much of the discussion about open architecture (OA) focuses on freeing up hardware and software, at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), they are in the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The military’s top officer predicted yesterday the Pentagon will seek supplemental war funding this fiscal year, reinforcing lawmakers’ stance that the Bush administration practice of covering wartime […]

By Geoff Fein With the completion of advanced capability build (ACB) 08 on the USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), Navy officials are now turning their attention to follow-on ACBs to begin […]

By Geoff Fein Although much of the Navy’s work in open architecture (OA) has been on the acquisition side of the service, efforts are underway on the requirements side to […]

By Emelie Rutherford The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) said yesterday he expects to focus acutely on the war in Afghanistan in the near future, and predicted […]

By Emelie Rutherford A senior lawmaker told Defense Daily he foresees acute congressional oversight of the Pentagon’s procurement processes and Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) as defense weapon systems come under […]

By Geoff Fein As the Navy begins to incorporate unmanned systems into the fleet, service officials are going to have to deal with a number of challenges ranging from acceptance […]

By Emelie Rutherford Production of new all-terrain, mine-resistant trucks is ahead of schedule and is on track to ramp up to 1,000 vehicles per month in December, defense acquisition officials […]

By Emelie Rutherford A senior lawmaker said he sees merit in a proposal to mandate defense firms turn over technical specifications of their weapon systems to the Pentagon to allow […]