Navy/USMC

Experiments with Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) have helped push the Navy to more securely see the value in the vessels as “advantageous” going forward, a service officer said last […]

The Navy is planning to secure a plan to procure 18 Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) in the department’s 2025 budget planning process, a top Navy official said last week during […]

The commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command last Wednesday berated industry for its shortfalls in delivery ordnance to the Navy and is not forgiving of excuses related to the COVID-19 […]

The top executive at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] this week said the company is very interested in being a second shipyard for the new Constellation-class frigate and is hoping for […]

Top Navy officials this week promoted the idea of adding more public shipyards to improve ship maintenance. Speaking during the annual Surface Navy Association symposium on Wednesday, Adm. Daryl Caudle, […]

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 […]