PORTSMOUTH, VA -- The Navy is planning to send industry a request for proposals by the end of this year for the next-generation surface connector craft, according to the program manager.
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Justin Doubleday was managing editor of Inside the Pentagon until June 2021, where he focused on defense-wide topics including budgets, acquisition policy, combatant commands, missile defense and cyber. He has also worked for ITP sister publications Inside the Army and Inside the Navy. Justin previously reported for The Chronicle of Higher Education. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2013.
PORTSMOUTH, VA -- The Navy is planning to send industry a request for proposals by the end of this year for the next-generation surface connector craft, according to the program manager.
The next-generation Light Armored Vehicle being contemplated by requirements developers needs to have an open-architecture design and could be based on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, according to the head of Marine Corps requirements.
PORTSMOUTH, VA -- The Navy has transferred the sponsorship of its next-generation mine countermeasures systems being developed for the Littoral Combat Ship to the service's expeditionary warfare office, according to an official.
The principal cause of the engineering casualty to the Littoral Combat Ship Fort Worth’s combining gears in January was a lack of procedural compliance, according to a recently released command investigation into the incident.
PORTSMOUTH, VA -- The Navy will make strides in developing and deploying unmanned systems through the Littoral Combat Ship, according to the head of all naval forces based on the East Coast.
Some upgrades being made to the Naval Reactors facilities over the next decade support the development of a new reactor system for the Ohio-class submarine replacement program, according to a recent report to Congress.
Pentagon leadership will convene in less than a month to decide whether to move the Ohio-class replacement submarine program into detail design after officials chose to delay the meeting, initially scheduled for August, to conduct a program review at the contractor's shipyards, according to the Navy acquisition chief.
The Littoral Combat Ship Coronado reached the Western Pacific for its maiden deployment this week, marking the first time an Independence-variant ship has been deployed abroad.
The Navy is establishing eight working groups at Naval Surface Forces Command to carry out sweeping changes made to the Littoral Combat Ship program.
The Missile Defense Agency is examining how allied countries in Europe could be looped into the Aegis missile defense architecture there, according to a defense official.
Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated launching an aerial drone from its unmanned underwater vehicle, in what company officials believe is a first-time event.
The commanding general of the III Marine Expeditionary Force in Japan will lift an operational pause on his command's AV-8B Harrier fleet tomorrow, the Marine Corps announced today.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said a forthcoming update to his commander's guidance will include a greater focus on the role acquisition should play in keeping the Navy's edge over potential adversaries.
The Navy is dropping the use of "anti-access/area-denial," or A2/AD, to describe the challenges the service faces against potential adversaries with long-range, precision weapons, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson announced today at a think-tank event in Washington.
The Marine Corps is contemplating requirements for a next-generation light armored reconnaissance capability, with the service planning to start a project to replace its legacy vehicles in fiscal year 2019, according to the program manager.
The Marine Corps has established a Rapid Capabilities Office at its warfighting laboratory to quickly experiment with promising technologies, following the leads of the other military services in forming such organizations.
The classified concept, "Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment," is nearly complete and will be reviewed by Navy leadership next month.
The Navy is preparing to analyze what work its fleet of MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters will require to keep the rotorcraft flying and operationally relevant into the 2030s, according to the head of the program.
The Navy is planning to release a request for proposals for a long-range missile to be installed on all Littoral Combat Ships and future frigates in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, according to a service spokeswoman.
The Pentagon is looking for systems capable of detecting, classifying and tracking unmanned underwater vehicles to take part in a live demonstration early next year.