Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein While it appears the Navy’s primary focus is on ships, building new ones and maintaining its current inventory, service officials are paying close attention to the array […]

By Geoff Fein U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has decided not to repair its lone Advanced Seal Delivery System (ASDS-1) after it was extensively damaged in a fire late last […]

By Geoff Fein General Dynamics [GD] is preparing its variant of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Independence (LCS-2), to enter acceptance trials later next month after it makes a repair […]

By Geoff Fein The consolidation of Director of Naval Intelligence (N2) and the Deputy CNO Communications Networks (N6) into a single entity will ensure the fleet is provided the right […]

By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said that second quarter earnings fell due to a pension adjustment combined with additional charges related to shipbuilding operations, although the company maintained […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy intends to award a sole source contract later this summer to Louisiana-based Swiftships Shipbuilders to construct up to 15 coastal patrol boats for the Iraqi […]

By Ann Roosevelt Empire Challenge 09, the sixth annual live joint and coalition intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) interoperability demonstration, is under way focusing on providing ISR support to warfighters […]

By Calvin Biesecker Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Florida-based Gyrocam Systems LLC, a developer and supplier of gyrostablized optical surveillance systems mainly for use on […]

By Geoff Fein The House Appropriations Committee defense (HAC-D) subcommittee recommended including $400 million in research and development funding in the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill for five VH-71 […]

By Geoff Fein In the two months since Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has been at the helm of the service, he has set his sights on fixing the acquisition process, […]