Boeing Awarded $359M for U.S., Australian P-8 Long-Lead Materials
Boeing was awarded a $359 million contract modification to procure long-lead items for 29 P-8 aircraft for the U.S. Navy…
Spain and U.S. Sign Permanent Basing Agreement for up to 3,500 U.S. Marines
The governments of Spain and the U.S. signed a basing agreement permitting the presence of up to 3,500 U.S. Marines…
Document: Report to Congress on China’s Naval Modernization and Implications for U.S. Navy
The following is the June 1, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and…
Navy Reserve Needs More Unrestricted Line Officers, Medical Personnel
The chief of the Navy Reserve told a key Senate subcommittee that she is “only able to accept 25 percent…
BAE Conducts First APKWS Flight Test on Aussie Helo; U.S. Army Contract Expected Soon
BAE Systems successfully demonstrated its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) from an Airbus Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter for the…
HASC Subcommittee Recommends Additional F-35Bs, F-18s in FY 2016 Defense Bill
The House Armed Services tactical air and land subcommittee supports filling the Navy’s and Marine Corps’ unfunded requirements for additional…
USS Blue Ridge Pulls into Zhanjiang, China for Port Visit
The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) pulled into Zhanjiang in Southern China this morning for a relationship-building…
NOAA, Boeing Survey WWII-Era Carrier USS Independence Sunk Near San Francisco in 1951
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA), the Navy and Boeing together found and surveyed the sunken USS Independence (CVL-22),…
Under New Policy for Identifying Servicemen, Pentagon Will Exhume USS Oklahoma Sailors, Marines
The Pentagon will renew its efforts to identify previously unknown service members buried at military cemeteries, starting with sailors and…
Navy Awards 2 LCSs to Austal, 1 and Advance Procurement Funding to Lockheed Martin
This post has been updated to include additional information from Lockheed Martin regarding the impact of the contracting decision to…