Navy
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Navy/USMCDOT&E: Next Gen Jammer Underperforming And Faces Challenges For IOT&E
The Pentagon’s top weapons tester said the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) faces significant operational effectiveness and suitability challenges as it proceeds into the initial operational test and evaluation […]
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BudgetNavy: Year-Long CR Would Cut Funds For Columbia Sub, Carrier Maintenance, Weapons Purchases
If the Defense Department has to operate under a year-long Continuing Resolution (CR), the Navy would have a “dramatic impact” that includes cutting $500 million from the Columbia-class submarine program, […]
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Navy/USMCDOT&E Says Ford Unlikely To Meet Sortie Generation Rate, Critical of Self-Defense
The latest report from the Pentagon’s top weapons tester doubts the newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), can meet its sortie generation rate (SGR) requirement and achieve […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Delivered Navy’s JPALS Faster Than Planned
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] delivered the first Low-Rate Initial production (LRIP) Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) units months ahead of schedule, the company said during a quarterly earnings call […]
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Navy/USMCNavy May Integrate Link-16 Into MQ-8C Late
The Navy is not certain if it will stay on target to integrate Link-16 into the Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter fleet by fiscal year 2023 due […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Readying Four Carriers To Get Project Overmatch Upgrades
The Navy is preparing to add upgraded capabilities to four aircraft carriers in support of Project Overmatch, the Navy’s top officer in charge of carrier design, construction, delivery, system integration […]
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Navy/USMCFord Carrier To Deploy By Fall, Navy Says
The Navy’s latest aircraft carrier, the first in its class USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is expected to deploy “by this fall,” the Navy’s program executive officers for aircraft carriers […]
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Navy/USMCFirst MQ-8C Deploys With Navy
The latest version of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, the MQ-8C, deployed for the first time aboard the Littoral Combat Ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) last month, the […]
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InternationalIsrael Orders Three German Submarines For $3.4 Billion
The Israel Ministry of Defense on Thursday signed an agreement to purchase three new Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems Dakar-class submarines for $3.4 billion, the ministry said. The agreement also includes an […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Announces Industry Day For Information Warfare Topics
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) on Wednesday announced a virtual industry day is being held on Feb. 14 for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium. The Navy […]
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