Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein MILWAUKEE-WIS.–The Navy is looking to ramp up production of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), possibly beyond the current plans that call for six ships per year, once […]

By Geoff Fein MILWAUKEE–Against the cold grey backdrop of a blustery day along Lake Michigan, the Navy’s newest surface combatant, the USS Freedom (LCS-1) came to life on Saturday. "Today, […]

By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps-lead effort for buying thousands of a new breed of all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for Afghanistan is moving forward, with a solicitation […]

By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] Nov. 7 announced it filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the evaluation conducted by the Army/Marine […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy has taken over the lead on the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) following the Army’s decision to terminate the program. BAE Systems last week […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday said it is encouraged by the results of a recent inspection for cracks on Boeing [BA] F/A-18 Hornets’ outer wing panels, and expects there […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy this week signed a $65 million production contract with Honeywell [HON] for 90 of its T-Hawk micro air vehicle systems that will be used by […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy and Raytheon [RTN] last month simulated a submarine launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), not from a torpedo or vertical launch tube, but from […]

By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) is expected to begin critical design review (CDR) early next year, a company official said. The company has been […]

By Ann Roosevelt This week a Unity of Effort Seminar–Interagency and Military Planning–is under way in McLean, Va., part of a year long series of events in the Army’s Title […]