Navy/USMC

By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.–In the coming years, the U.S. military will not face wars with clearly defined beginnings and ends, so it must become more versatile and adaptable, […]

By Geoff Fein The U.S. Navy is beginning an effort this week to bring together the international frigate community to explore areas where the service and its allies might have […]

By Marina Malenic With the Air Force in the midst of major adjustments to its future military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) capabilities, the program manager for the F-35 Lightening II Joint […]

By Geoff Fein Boeing‘s [BA] P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft is on schedule, on cost and has not undergone any redesign or modifications, according to a Navy official. […]

By Geoff Fein Now that Raytheon [RTN] and HAVELSAN have partnered to market the GENESIS (Gemi Entegre Savas Idare Sistemi) integrated combat management systems for surface ships, the team is […]

The Navy yesterday took delivery of its newest and last Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), from Northrop Grumman [NOC] Shipbuilding, the service said. George H.W. Bush is […]

By Emelie Rutherford Dozens of lawmakers sent letters to the Obama administration yesterday, when the Pentagon unveiled its detailed budget request, decrying its proposed elimination of the jobs- generating F-22 […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved yesterday a supplemental war-spending bill after shifting funding from Army radios to Navy aircraft and adding language encouraging a multi-year contract […]

By Geoff Fein Companies competing for the Navy’s High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapons Concept (HAAWC), an effort to place a wing kit on a Mk 54 torpedo and drop it […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy conducted a series of landings and approaches of the Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) in the most recent tests of the Unmanned […]