Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Has Enough VLS Cells For Now But Looking To Boost In Future, Official Says
A Navy official on Tuesday said that in the near-term, “we have plenty of VLS cells for the Tomahawk missiles that we have in inventory, both on the surface and […]
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Navy/USMC3D Printing Key To Future Contested Logistics, Navy Officials Say
CHANTILLY, Va. – Two logistics officials from the Department of the Navy this week highlighted the growing importance of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, to managing contested logistics, especially […]
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Navy/USMCRTX Barracuda Mine Neutralizer Completed Test Series
RTX’s [RTX] Barracuda Mine Neutralization System passed a milestone by completing a series of controlled environmental tests earlier this year, the company said Monday. The company said it had a […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Says Navy Continues Towards NGAD Selection As Air Force Pauses
The Navy’s top officer last week confirmed the service is proceeding with its sixth-generation fighter concept even while the Air Force pauses its program with concerns about cost and having […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Leaders Press Navy For Details And Fixing Plans To HII-NNS Faulty Welds
Leaders in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and its seapower subcommittee on Oct. 3 sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro with several pointed questions […]
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Navy/USMCGAO: Columbia-Class Schedule And Cost Growth Likely To Increase, Navy Should Revise Cost Estimates
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) latest audit of the Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine program estimated the first new boat has cost overruns several times higher than the shipbuilder and […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Nabs $1.26 Billion In Navy Missile Contracts
RTX’s Raytheon [RTX] on Sept. 27 won over $1.26 billion in Navy contracts to build and deliver AIM-9X Sidewinder and Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Block II Guided Missile Assemblies. Naval […]
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Navy/USMCAUKUS Defense Ministers Announce New U.K.-Australia Treaty And Shared P-8 Torpedoes
The defense ministers of the AUKUS countries on Thursday announced new advances in their agreement to share technologies, including negotiations on a new U.K.-Australian defense treaty about sharing nuclear-powered submarine […]
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Navy/USMCFour-Ship Amphib Order Includes Incentives To Retain And Grow Labor Force
The Navy’s $9.47 billion award to HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding this week for three Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships and one America-class amphibious assault ship includes several […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards HII $9.47 Billion In Four-Ship Amphib Buy
The Navy awarded HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding Division $9.47 billion in two contracts for the multi-ship procurement of three Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships (LPDs) and one […]
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