Navy/USMC

The director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Wednesday said the administration is pushing for the Navy to get a fifth public shipyard to improve […]

House appropriators said they are skeptical the Defense Department will award the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract for the Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based fighter program by the most recent […]

The chairman’s mark of the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) fiscal year 2027 defense appropriations bill funds the administration’s $1 billion request for the BBG(X) Trump-class battleship, but adds restrictions requiring […]

The House Appropriations Committee’s mark of the FY ‘27 defense spending bill includes shipbuilding accountability provisions given increasing cost-to-complete requests and perennially delayed shipbuilding programs. The bill report said that […]

The U.S. Marine Corps thus far has received six F-35B fighters without radars, as the service waits on Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] delivery of the AN/APG-85 radar, which is to replace […]

Florida-based Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) developer Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC) said that it is teaming with another Florida boatbuilder, Intrepid Powerboats, to scale up production of the T38 Devil […]

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) recently demonstrated a dual-use laser system able to both wirelessly transmit power over long distances and quickly switch to defensive counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) missions.  […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy bill adds new provisions that would raise the Navy and Marine Corps’ minimum requirement for amphibious warships and extend […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the FY 2027 defense policy bill looks to cut the ability for the Trump administration to buy foreign-made warships, but still allow […]

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao appointed retired Vice Adm. Richard Breckenridge to be his new senior advisor for shipbuilding, the Navy announced Monday. The announcement said Breckenridge will […]