Navy/USMC

The Navy shipbuilding industry needs to build new ships faster to prove it can utilize a record level of shipbuilding funds approved by Congress in the fiscal year 2023 budget, […]

The Navy awarded HII [HII] a $10.5 million contract on Jan. 6 to plan the modernization work that will install the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapons on the Zumwalt-class […]

Naval Sea Systems Command recently awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $209 million Foreign Military Sales contract for a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Coastal Defense System for Romania. The contract was […]

The final fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill allowed the Navy to end the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program, but urged prioritization in using commercial alternatives. The […]

The Navy recently awarded Leonardo’s AgustaWestland a $111 million modification, exercising an option to produce another 26 TH-73A Thrasher Lot IV training helicopters.  AgustaWestland first won an initial $176 million […]

Last month, the Navy said the CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter was ready for full rate production (FRP), which is expected to increase production to over 20 units per […]

Under increment two of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program, the Navy awarded eight companies a $4.1 billion multiple award contract (MAC) vehicle on December 16 to […]

Last week, the Navy selected an option to build a new dry dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, […]

A Navy team in October demonstrated a new launch and recovery concept for large unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) using an HII platform, the service said on Monday. The demonstration entailed […]

HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., started fabrication on the future America-class amphibious assault ship USS Fallujah (LHA-9) on Dec. 19. The Navy said fabrication start marks the […]