Navy/USMC
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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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InternationalCanada Issues RFI For New 12 Boat Sub Fleet
Canada’s Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) department recently issued a Request For Information (RFI) seeking information spurred by questions about its upcoming new submarine program. The government is looking […]
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Unmanned SystemsHavocAI Autonomous Vessel Company Raises $11 Million In Seed Funding
Last week, the autonomous uncrewed vessel company HavocAI said it raised $11 million in seed funding to expand its production capacity and enhance product development as it develops the ability […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Argues New Alabama Shipyard Private Partnership Worth Risk, Opens Door To More
Navy officials last week argued the new public-private partnership to develop an Alabama site for more naval industrial base production is worth the risk and opens the door to other […]
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InternationalBAE Integrates MK 45 Naval Gun Into First UK Type 26 Frigate
BAE Systems said Monday it has started integrating the Mk 45 naval gun system onto the U.K. Royal Navy’s first City-class Type 26 frigate, the HMS Glasgow (F88). This milestone […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Announces New Public-Private Partnership To Build More Sub Manufacturing Facilities
The Navy on Friday announced it is partnering with private industry in an acquisition of the Alabama Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., to construct additional submarine manufacturing facilities. This specifically includes […]
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