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Market Sectors :: Navy/USMC
Displaying 1 - 20 of 490 stories.
January 6, 2009
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's request for the supplemental war-funding bill is not complete and may cost $69.7 billion or more, depending on decisions regarding force levels in Afghanistan, the defense secretary recently told lawmakers. Secretary Robert...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5210.html December 19, 2008
The Navy intends to commission the future USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) before the carrier undergoes sea trials, according to a Navy spokesman. Bush, being built at Northrop Grumman [NOC] Ship Building's Newport News facility, will be towed to Norfolk Naval...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5124.html December 18, 2008
By Geoff Fein The USS Freedom (LCS-1) has exceed expectations, and the newest Navy vessel will bring capabilities to the fleet that the service has never had before, according to the ship's commanding officer. Freedom is about to begin a year's worth of...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5103.html December 18, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Eighteen senators called yesterday for President-elect Barack Obama to support "a robust shipbuilding budget and policies" for military and commercial vessels. "Such policies and funding would create and sustain highly...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5104.html December 17, 2008
By Ann Roosevelt Simulation should provide a cost effective portion of training as the joint force prepares to face the future, according to a top U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) official. Simulation needs "substantial investment," Vice Adm...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5088.html December 17, 2008
By Geoff Fein ABOARD THE USS FREEDOM--Pentagon acquisition chief John Young believes the Navy could purchase more than the current buy of 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). "[I] would not be surprised. We have 64 DDG-51s. [I] could easily see this [LCS...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5093.html December 16, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford A top naval scientist said yesterday that while he is pleased funding for early-stage science in the Navy has increased under Defense Secretary Robert Gates, he would like to see more resources for initial applied research efforts. Walter...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5081.html December 12, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford A think tank with close ties to President-elect Barack Obama is calling for slowing work on the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization effort, pausing development of the ground-based missile-defense system, and quashing Pentagon...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5047.html December 11, 2008
By Geoff Fein As systems for Navy ships, aircraft, and shore facilities get more complex and more dependent on other systems, it is important to have the right policies and standards in place to ensure interoperability, according to a Navy official. "It...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5037.html December 11, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford A leading defense appropriator in Congress predicted yesterday that Pentagon spending will drop in the coming years, and that consideration of the next supplemental war-funding bill will "set the stage" for how President-elect...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5038.html December 10, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday said it has ceased funding development of the Mission Reconfigurable Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MRUUV) due to technical and engineering issues. The decision, made by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV)...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5026.html December 10, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy is looking to demonstrate autonomous refueling of its planned Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS), according to a presolicitation notice published earlier this month. According to the Federal Business Opportunities notice...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5027.html December 10, 2008
By Geoff Fein While it might seem that advances in information technology require similar efforts to secure those systems, it is really more about policies and procedures than hardware or software, according to a Navy official. The Navy, as do all the...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5029.html December 10, 2008
By Marina Malenic Defense Department officials knew of the potential risk to U.S. troops from roadside bombs prior to the hostilities in Iraq, but the department did not begin purchasing Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in a timely manner to...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/5030.html December 9, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy is looking at ways to reverse the downward trend and bolster its acquisition workforce, to recapture much of the activity that has been outsourced over the past decade, according to a service official. "We have been in a downsized...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/4992.html December 9, 2008
By Geoff Fein Navy Secretary Donald Winter has signed off on an update to the service's acquisition instructions, adding in the new gate review process as well as aligning them with the Pentagon's regulation. "It's a combination of the DoD 5000 as it...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/4993.html December 8, 2008
By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Dec. 4 released Joint Operating Environment 2008 (JOE 2008), a report that examines trends and contexts of the future operating environment and their implication for the future joint force. "The purpose...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/4963.html December 8, 2008
Report: Kill European Missile Defense And Airborne Laser; Halt Procurement, Deployment Of Aegis, GMD, THAAD, Patriot; And End Streamlined Missile Defense Budget System The multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) program has come under attack in a...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/4966.html December 4, 2008
The first production VH-71 presidential replacement helicopter arrived last month at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., and will undergo two months of tests before systems installation work begins, according to prime contractor Lockheed Martin...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/4934.html December 3, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The new mine-resistant-vehicle competition the Pentagon is preparing to launch next week could cost $3 billion, a price tag that would be supported by an expected $1.5 billion request to Congress early next year, sources said. The...http://www.defensedailynetwork.com/sectors/navy_usmc/4928.html
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