Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Pushing For Full 35-Ship LSM Fleet, Next Budget To Fund Up To 23 Ships
SAN DIEGO – A Marine Corps official this week confirmed the service is pushing for all 35 Landing Ship Medium (LSM) vessels in its plans to be the full LSM […]
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Navy/USMCAcceleration Plan Pulls First Columbia Sub Delivery Back To 2028 And Is 65 Percent Complete, Official Says
SAN DIEGO–The Navy’s first Columbia-class submarine is back on schedule to deliver by 2028 after the Navy and industry implemented an acceleration plan that put all the modules to the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Leaders See Battleship As Force Function For Lasers, Zumwalt As Testbed For Battleship
SAN DIEGO – Top Navy officers this week argued the Trump-class battleship may become a “forcing function” to bolster the demand signal for laser weapon development while the Zumwalt-class destroyer […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Host Unmanned And Strike Weapons Industry Event
The Navy on Monday issued a Request for Information notice with plans to host an industry this spring focused on Naval Air Systems Command technology needs. The Program Executive Officer […]
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Navy/USMCBlackSea Conducts Keel Laying For New NightTrain Autonomous Logistics Vessel
BlackSea Technologies on Jan. 30 conducted a formal keel-laying ceremony marking the start of construction on its NightTrain autonomous logistics vessel. Night Train is the company’s autonomous, low-profile logistics vessel […]
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UncategorizedSenate Confirms New Navy Sub Portfolio Head, Air Boss
The Senate last Friday confirmed Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher to a new role overseeing the entire submarine portfolio alongside three other Navy officials confirmed to existing positions. In December, Secretary […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Inspector General Launches Audit Into SM-3 IIA
The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (OIG) last week announced it has opened an audit of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) management of the RTX [RTX] Standard […]
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Navy/USMCL3Harris Nabs Marine Corps Precision Attack Strike Munition Contract
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on Friday announced it awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] an 86.2 million contract for its Red Wolf launched effects vehicles for the Marine Corps’ Precision Attack […]
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Navy/USMCSecond Ford-Class Carrier Out For Initial Sea Trials
The Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), sailed out to sea for the first time on Jan. 28 for its initial set of sea […]
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Navy/USMCCNO’s New Hedge Strategy Uses “Tailored Forces” To Underpin Upcoming Strategic Guidance
The Chief of Naval Operations (NCO) this week said his upcoming new strategic guidance, dubbed the United States Navy Fighting Instructions, will be a framework guided by his new “hedge […]
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