Cost Will Drive UCLASS Designs
Cost will likely be the biggest design driver for the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS)…
Updated: Navy Unfunded Request for Carrier Refueling Removed
The headline and post have been updated to reflect comments from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A $796…
Littoral Combat Ship Mission Packages Safe From Budget Axe For Now
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s mandate capping of the first variants of the Littoral Combat Ship at 32 hulls will…
Document: Flag Officer Annoucements
The following is a list of U.S. Navy flag officer announcements from the Pentagon, released this afternoon. The bulk of…
Document: GAO Report on Selected Pentagon Weapon Systems
The following is from the Government Accountability Office’s March, 31, 2014 report to Congress, Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs.…
Navy and Marines Tell Congress They Need More Funds for Reset and Maintenance
The Navy will likely need five more years of funding above its base budget to send ships through dry dock…
Twenty Former Marine Generals Want More Money for Amphibs
A constellation of twenty former U.S. Marine Corps generals — including a former commandant —wrote Congress to “highlight concerns,” on…
Navy Wants More Growlers to Fight a Deadlier High End Air War
The Navy’s director of air warfare told Congress Wednesday the service might want more electronic attack aircraft to effectively fight…
F-35 Program Office Confident Marine Joint Strike Fighter Will Be Ready by 2015
The F-35 program office is confident that the aircraft’s Block 2B software will be ready in time for the U.S.…
Navy and Marine Leaders Warn Senate Against Additional Budget Cuts
Budget constraints are forcing the U.S. Marine Corps, “to sacrifice long-term health for near-term readiness,” Marine commandant Gen. James Amos…