Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein The Navy’s third report to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on efforts to incorporate open architecture (OA) into contracts and programs shows the Navy has made […]

By Calvin Biesecker SAIC [SAI] on Wednesday posted solid second quarter results led by strong organic growth and record sales and a modest increase in income from continuing operations, which […]

A recent Navy and Coast Guard experiment to demonstrate certain aspects of future sea-going sensor packages in the port security role was successful, an industry official whose firm supported the […]

By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] and L-3 [LLL] have been awarded contracts to provide replacement outer wing kits for the Navy’s P-3 Orion aircraft, 39 of which were grounded […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy’s nascent Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) effort reached a key milestone last week and is now able to track hundreds of thousands of vessels as part […]

By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it received a $61 million follow-on low rate production contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Unitary rockets. To date, more […]

ATK [ATK] Tuesday said that it has been awarded a $97 million contract for the design, development, integration, and test of the Multi-Stage Supersonic Target (MSST) by the Naval Air […]

Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] new Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System came to life last month–on schedule and as planned–aboard the Navy’s guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), the company reported. […]

By Emelie Rutherford Congress is poised to tackle the fiscal year 2009 defense spending bill when it resumes its work next week, with the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) markup expected […]

By Geoff Fein Fredericksburg, Va.-based SimVentions is the driving force behind a plan to develop a technology center bringing together small companies and universities to collaborate on defense contracts, according […]