Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and BAE Systems have submitted bids to develop the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) system, the companies said […]

By Emelie Rutherford While the Marine Corps is proceeding with a project to modify existing mine-resistant vehicles to prepare them for use in Afghanistan, the service also will likely buy […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy earlier this month issued its sixth quarterly report to Congress on the state of the service’s open architecture (OA) efforts, highlighting several key documents and […]

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] continues to explore opportunities for its Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, but the focus of the advanced radar remains the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, […]

By Geoff Fein The USS Florida (SSGN-728) just wrapped up her first Atlantic Fleet East Coast SSGN deployment cycle and will undergo a three-month maintenance availability in preparation for her […]

By Geoff Fein The chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee yesterday threatened to "compel" the Department of Defense to provide reports and information on the V-22 Osprey before a […]

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) trainers this month are in Djibouti to assess the effectiveness of pre-deployment training for the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa […]

By Geoff Fein For FY ’10, the Navy has submitted two unfunded requests to Congress, totaling $395 million, for aviation and ship maintenance. The FY ’10 request is a far […]

By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday it is "worth pursuing" developing two versions of a replacement presidential helicopter, as lawmakers and a government-watchdog group called for salvaging […]

By Geoff Fein The USS Freedom (LCS-1) began her second round of acceptance trials this week to test out systems the ship’s crew were unable to demonstrate during Freedom‘s transit […]