Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Finishes PDR For E-2D DSSC-6 Update
The Navy on Wednesday announced it and Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) on the newest set of improvements to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the Delta System […]
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Navy/USMCOrca XLUUV Sub Tested In 48-Hour Run
Last month Boeing [BA] said its Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) finished a 48-hour endurance sailing run. During this exercise, the vehicle operated fully autonomously below the sea […]
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InternationalBAE Nabs Contract For 10 Netherlands and Belgium Frigate Naval Guns
BAE Systems on Friday said it signed a contract with the Netherlands to provide eight new Bofors 40 Mk4 40mm naval guns for the Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies. The […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Extend Life Of 12 Destroyers And Three Cruisers
The Navy plans to extend the operations of 12 Flight 1 Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers and three Ticonderoga-class cruisers past their planned service lives to boost fleet numbers, the service […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Exploring Drone Navigation Tech And Autonomy In SatNav-Denied Environment
The Navy is looking into options that would allow uncrewed vessels to continue to travel even if satellite navigation systems are denied in the environment, according to a recent notice. […]
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Navy/USMCSenators Push OMB To Assess New Sub Funding Idea, Knock Navy On Hill Comms
A bipartisan group of senators expressed cautious optimism at a scheme to shift submarine funding to improve current production rates but also knocked the Navy for insufficient communication with Congress […]
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Navy/USMCAUKUS Partners Test Pillar II Autonomous Systems In Australian Exercise
The U.S., Australia and U.K. partners recently completed a three-week-long experimentation exercise with AUKUS Pillar II autonomous capabilities, Autonomous Warrior 24, the Navy said Thursday. The Autonomous Warrior 24 exercise […]
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Navy/USMCIncoming Philly Shipyard Owners Aim To Bring It Back To 1940s Prominence Plus Incoming M&As and Partnerships
The CEO of the U.S. subsidiary of a Korean conglomerate buying Philly Shipyard recently said they want to return to the level of national prominence it had in the 1940s […]
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Navy/USMCGD Nabs Navy MEDUSA Mining Contract
The Navy recently awarded General Dynamics’ Mission Systems [GD] a contract worth up to $58 million for a new submarine-launched unmanned minelayer. The original solicitation or the program said the […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. F-35 Lands On Japanese Ship For Upgrade Developmental Testing
A specially configured U.S. F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II aircraft for the first time touched down on a Japanese naval vessel over the weekend for the […]