Navy/USMC

By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps’ top equipment buyer predicts a nascent Pentagon policy requiring multiple, competitive prototypes in the early stages of large weapon-system programs will yield more cost […]

By Geoff Fein While the Navy continues its internal debate on which direction to pursue for surface ships, the service has begun to lay down the ground work, schedules and […]

By Emelie Rutherford The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) burgeoning maritime-warning role "doesn’t come easy," said its leader, who talked yesterday about challenges with sharing situational-awareness data with partners […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced it received an $8.9 million production order from Gyrocam for thermal cameras for mine-protected vehicles. Lockheed Martin’s cameras are designed into Gyrocam systems. Lockheed Martin’s Santa […]

By Emelie Rutherford As the Defense Department assesses an urgent request from theater for smaller mine-deflecting  vehicles, the Marine Corps is planning to place the final order next month for […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy has shifted course and now wants to buy a DDG-1000 in fiscal year 2009, though the service hopes to stop purchasing the destroyer after that […]

By Geoff Fein While the nation looks for ways to cope with oil prices far above last year’s prices, the Navy has been quietly developing a number of alternative energy […]

BAE Systems said it has received additional orders from the Defense Department of Defense for 43 M777 lightweight towed howitzers, worth a total of $85.6 million, not including DoD-supplied components. […]

By Geoff Fein While Congress debates extending tax credits for companies investing in alternative energies and presidential hopefuls talk of a future free of dependence on foreign oil, the Navy […]

By Emelie Rutherford As the Navy prepares to launch a project aimed at ultimately developing a three-megawatt free-electron laser (FEL) for ship defense, an official said the service will assess its […]