Navy/USMC
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Unmanned SystemsSenate Authorizers Want DoD to Lay Out C-UAS Strategy
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants the Pentagon to lay out a counter unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) strategy and to establish a counter UAS (c-UAS) task force. SASC would […]
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ColumnHAC Advances $833B Defense Bill As Calvert Defends Sub Decision, Dems Criticize ‘Poison Pills’
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted 34-25 along party lines to advance its $833.1 billion fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill, which followed debate on the lack of Ukraine […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Host DDG(X) Power And Propulsion Industry Day
The Navy this week announced an industry day is set for next month to discuss electric power and propulsion systems with industry for the future next-generation DDG(X) guided-missile destroyer. PMS-460, […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators ‘Incensed’ By LCS Retirements, Explain Shipbuilding Decisions And Budget Cuts In Report
The House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) report on its draft of the fiscal year 2025 defense appropriations bill expressed severe displeasure with how the Navy is decommissioning Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) […]
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CongressResumption of Unrestricted V-22 Flight Operations Not Expected Until Mid-2025
The V-22 will not likely return to unrestricted flight operations until the middle of next year, Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the head of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), said on […]
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CongressWhite House Supports HASC’s NDAA, But Opposes Virginia-Class Sub Add, GOP Policy Measures
The White House on Tuesday said it “strongly supports” the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the next defense policy bill, while noting its opposition to the legislation’s support for […]
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Navy/USMCWhite House Opposes Navy Provisions In Draft House NDAA Bill
The Biden administration on Tuesday detailed what Navy provisions it opposes in the House’s draft FY 2025 defense authorization bill, which focused on ship procurement funding and restrictions on ship […]
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Business/FinancialGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat Files Lawsuit in Submarine Case
General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat has filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court against a retired welder and his wife–Mickey and Joanne Skobic–who worked at a Jacksonville company, Nuflo, Inc., […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Industry Info On Long Endurance Small Unmanned Surface Vessels For Special Warfare
The Navy recently published a Request For Information (RFI) seeking industry information on technologies related to long endurance small unmanned surface vessels (LE sUSVs). “The Government wants to understand the […]
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Navy/USMCRTX Nabs $668 Million Award To Build More SPY-6 Navy Radars
The Navy awarded RTX [RTX] a $678 million modification on June 7 to exercise options for additional AN/SPY-6(V) radar hardware production. The company underscored this is the third option under […]