Navy/USMC

BAE Systems Australia and L-3 [LLL] MAS Canada recently confirmed their selection to provide long-term maintenance and modification support for Australia’s F/A-18 Hornet fighters. "The awarding of this contract is […]

By Geoff Fein While General Atomics and the Navy continue to work to prove the ability to catapult aircraft from a carrier using electricity instead of steam, the company is […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) agreed to give the Navy relief on a cost ceiling for littoral vessels, but made last-minute changes last week to the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate in a 91-5 vote last night granted final approval to a $106 billion supplemental war-funding bill that adds funding for cargo planes and armored vehicles […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last month issued a request for proposals (RFP) to both General Dynamics [GD] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the fiscal year ’10 Littoral Combat Ships […]

By Geoff Fein In the two years since the Navy assigned a flag officer as the principal deputy in the acquisition office, efforts to determine what platforms the service needs […]

By Geoff Fein The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is working a number of efforts examining everything from autonomous systems to human performance to exploring alternative fuels. "The CNO (Chief […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) marked up the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill yesterday, spending most of the daylight hours debating unsuccessful Republican attempts to […]

By Geoff Fein Even though the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will not be delivered to the fleet as soon as originally intended, the Navy has no plan to fill the […]

By Emelie Rutherford A House panel for the first time is endorsing the Marine Corps’ plans for fortifying the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) with detachable underbelly armor, though lawmakers want […]