Navy

Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a not-to-exceed $1.8 billion undefinitized contract action (UCA) on June 30 to procure recurring logistics services for delivered F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.  […]

Germany’s Ministry of Defense signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) on June 30 to procure five Boeing [BA] P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft under the U.S. Foreign Military […]

The Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) program received Milestone C approval from acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Jay Stefany on June 28, the […]

A draft House defense appropriations bill would add a second Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer to the Navy shipbuilding budget and bar decommissioning three littoral combat ships. The bill, released June […]

A Navy official on Monday said the service is reducing the cost of the CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter program as it contracts for nine more and also expects […]

Austal USA delivered the future littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS-28) to the Navy on June 25, the company announced Monday. LCS-28 is the 14th Independence-variant LCS and seventh such […]

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky unit a $736 million contract on June 25 to build nine CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the Marine Corps […]

The Navy is working to enhance its estimates of public shipyard drydock improvement projects after the first project in New Hampshire came in over cost estimates, the chief of naval […]

The Navy submitted an abridged long-range shipbuilding plan to Congress without the details of construction past fiscal year 2022 and which downplays plans for a 355-ship fleet. The plan, due […]

The Navy revealed last week the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) successfully finished its first scheduled event in the Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) on June 18. The service noted […]