The Navy will soon try taking biofuels up creeks and waterways on the experimental riverine command boat, according to an announcement from Naval Sea Systems Command.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
The Navy will soon try taking biofuels up creeks and waterways on the experimental riverine command boat, according to an announcement from Naval Sea Systems Command.
With only 31 amphibious ships in the fleet and with five of those facing material problems, the Navy is hard-pressed to meet the needs of the combatant commands, and the issue could be exacerbated by changes to plans for the Mobile Landing Platform.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead released his 2011 guidance this morning.
PANAMA CITY, FL -- The Marine Corps will not be able to buy Joint Light Tactical Vehicles at the prices currently estimated and will have to examine upgrading its humvee fleet instead if industry partners cannot drop the price dramatically, according to the service's outgoing commandant.
PANAMA CITY, FL --The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle is not dead yet, but Navy Under Secretary Robert Work said yesterday that there are other options on the table for providing the Marine Corps an amphibious assault capability -- options that could include a modified EFV or an entirely new system.
As if swimming tanks and tracking gear on every Marine wasn’t enough like science fiction already, Navy Under Secretary Bob Work said yesterday that he sees technology right out of dystopian cinema in the future for the Navy and Marines.
Gen. James Amos has been approved by the Senate as the next commandant of the Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps could absorb a delay to its Joint Strike Fighter initial operational capability date by tweaking its F/A-18 plans, the president's nominee for commandant of the Marine Corps told lawmakers today.
Gen. James Amos, the president's nominee for commandant of the Marine Corps, has given a nod to making the Cargo Unmanned Aerial System a joint project.
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee has provided funding to cancel the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program in its mark of the fiscal year 2011 defense budget.
The Navy has pulled from operation all five Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships operating in the Fifth Fleet due to structural damage.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for Gen. James Amos, who has been nominated by President Obama to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps, on Sept. 21 at 9:30 am.
The Navy is pushing back against a Government Accountability Office report issued last week saying the Littoral Combat Ship's anti-submarine warfare package will not add significant capability to the fleet and criticizing the early deployment of LCS-1 and LCS-2.
Procurement of the anti-submarine warfare mission package for the Littoral Combat Ship has been suspended due to a Navy analysis showing that it would not add significantly to the fleet's existing capabilities, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway conceded this morning that the Marines might not be able to purchase their full requirement of Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles.
The Navy has re-opened negotiations with the two teams competing for the Littoral Combat Ship contract, the service said today.
The Marine Corps Force Structure Review ordered by Defense Secretary Robert Gates will begin in September and should wrap up this winter, according to a statement issued by the service.
The Government Accountability Office has shot down a protest by ITT Corp. claiming that Boeing was unfairly awarded a contract for Joint Tactical Radio System software.
The Navy has launched a review of the Marine Corps' force structure that should influence investment decisions as soon as next summer, but the Marines are already planning to slash almost a quarter of their ground vehicle fleet in the next few years, service officials said today.
Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has been awarded a contract for the Small Tactical Unmanned Air System after months of delays, the Pentagon announced today.