ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Navy expects to award fabrication contracts in early 2019 for phase two of a new unmanned undersea vehicle program, according to an officer overseeing the effort.
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ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Navy expects to award fabrication contracts in early 2019 for phase two of a new unmanned undersea vehicle program, according to an officer overseeing the effort.
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Congressional Budget Office plans to release its updated analysis of the Navy's fiscal year 2019 30-year shipbuilding plan in the next few days, Eric Labs, a senior analyst focused on naval forces, told attendees today at an expeditionary warfare conference here.
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The acquisition strategy for the Navy's future amphibious San Antonio-class (LPD-17) Flight II ships will become clearer in the fiscal year 2020 budget request, according to a senior Navy official.
More than 80 percent of the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and those of international partners are returning to flight operations several days after the fleet was temporarily suspended for an enterprise-wide fuel tube inspection, according to the Joint Program Office.
The Navy has approved the first additively manufactured metal component to be used onboard an aircraft carrier, the service announced today.
The Defense Department and international partners have temporarily suspended F-35 flight operations to conduct a fleet-wide inspection of fuel tubes within the engine of the aircraft, according to a Oct. 11 statement from the F-35 Joint Program Office.
The Navy is now soliciting "solution briefs" through the Defense Innovation Unit for a new physiological episode monitoring system with an objective of fielding a solution in 2020, according to an Oct. 9 Federal Business Opportunities notice.
The Navy has temporarily waived contracting policies to allow its research and development centers to award sole-source contracts worth up to $93 million without approval from a higher-level contracting activity, according to the Pentagon's research chief.
With the support of the Defense Department's senior leadership, the Navy is in "phase zero" of implementing a new aircraft sustainment system that will eventually be rolled out across its fleet readiness centers and maintenance depots, according to the service's top aviation officer.
The Navy does not have a preferred option yet for disposing of the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and does not anticipate reaching that decision for another year, according to a top admiral overseeing the process.
The F-35 Joint Program Office has stood up a working group that includes contractor representatives to ensure the aircraft’s logistics information system remains viable into the 2070 time frame, according to the program executive officer.
The Navy is studying the requirements for deploying various payloads on commercial ships and anticipates that study will conclude in November, according to a Navy spokeswoman.
A Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter crashed today in South Carolina, the service confirmed, one day after the Defense Department announced the aircraft's combat debut in the Middle East.
A flight test delay in one of the Navy's avionics upgrade programs for the C/KC-130T cargo plane now puts the service up against a deadline that would threaten the aircraft’s ability to conduct operational missions, according to a top aviation official.
Military Sealift Command did not ensure its government-owned, contractor-operated prepositioning ships received required maintenance and, as a result, MSC may have contributed to $139 million in unplanned overhaul repair costs, according to a government watchdog.
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, VA -- The Navy intends to start grouping multiple vessels onto singular ship maintenance availability solicitations in an effort to tackle expected future capacity problems, according to the service acquisition executive.
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, VA -- The Navy will stand up a specialized acquisition team within its Digital Warfare Office to help that office operate at the "speed of software," according to the service's acquisition executive.
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, VA -- The Marine Corps this summer began standing up a program manager for cyber operations, according to a service official.
The Navy intends to issue a solicitation to industry to study the feasibility of a Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform, with options for concept design and preliminary design awards, according to a Sept. 21 Federal Business Opportunities notice.
The Navy is taking steps to change its technological infrastructure to facilitate moving data between ashore and afloat more quickly and reliably, according to an admiral overseeing cybersecurity.