UPDATED: Marine Corps Nears IOC Decision on G/ATOR Radar System
This post has been updated to include information from an interview with the G/ATOR program office. It has also been…
Defense Firms Tell Wall Street They’re Gearing Up for More Contracts
Large military contractors are indicating they’re now ready to invest in their facilities and manufacturing capacity despite so much uncertainty…
Top Stories 2017: U.S. Navy Acquisition and Maintenance
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Fire Scout to Serve as Forward Spotter for Navy Surface Ships With Addition of Radar, Datalink
The Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles will receive a new radar and datalink to set the UAV up as…
Northrop Grumman Drops Out of MQ-25A Stingray Competition
Northrop Grumman will not compete to build the service’s MQ-25A Stingray aerial refueling unmanned aerial vehicle despite being the developer…
Navy Releases Final MQ-25 Stingray RFP; General Atomics Bid Revealed
Naval Air Systems Command has quietly released the final request for proposals to industry for the unmanned MQ-25 Stingray aerial…
MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Aerial Tanker Could Almost Double Strike Range of U.S. Carrier Air Wing
The inclusion of the unmanned MQ-25 Stingray aerial tanker into the U.S. carrier air wing could increase the effective strike range…
General Atomics: Our MQ-25A Stingray Design will be ‘Optimized’ for Navy’s Needs
POWAY, Calif. – The Navy, in its latest draft request for proposals issued last month, pitched four major defense firms…
Panel: Open Architecture Key to Pentagon’s Future Vertical Lift Program
Getting reliability, maintenance and a backbone built on open architecture right first is how the Pentagon is approaching its future…
Navy Issues New MQ-25A Stingray Draft RFP to Industry Ahead of Final RFP in the Fall
The Navy issued its latest draft request for proposals for what will be the service’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle,…