Thursday, January 23, 2025
Justin Katz was Inside the Navy’s associate editor until November 2020. He was previously a local news reporter in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. A New York native, he graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, with a bachelor’s degree in communication.
The Senate Armed Services Committee recommends authorizing $100 million for a major Marine Corps unmanned aircraft initiative, according to a summary of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill, putting them at odds with House lawmakers who want to cut the service's request citing "unjustified cost growth."
The Pentagon last week awarded Raytheon a $77 million contract to prepare the Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block II program to transition into low-rate initial production.
The Navy's ship-to-shore connector program could see a second shipbuilder added if Congress were to increase the Navy's procurement request to 10 vessels per year.
The Navy is seeking information from industry to support an externally mounted gun system demonstration on an MH-60S aircraft, according to a Federal Business Opportunities notice.
An autonomous flight system successfully completed its first cargo resupply mission last week at Twentynine Palms, CA, according to the system's contractor.
Huntington Ingalls Industries has begun building the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the Flight III configuration, the Navy announced today.
The Marine Corps today received the first CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter at Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC, according to a service statement.
House lawmakers called attention to a variety of anti-submarine warfare technologies last week in their mark-up of the defense policy bill, and want the Navy secretary to address their concerns in reports and briefings in the future.
The Navy has begun modeling and simulation testing for its new air-launched, anti-surface warfare missile this month, the final test event before the strike weapon heads to Navy and Air Force leadership for an early operational capability decision, according to the program manager.
The Navy intends to study the environmental effects of increasing the training tempo at Point Mugu Sea Range in California, a reflection of an increased operational tempo.
Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC, will receive the first delivery of the CH-53K King Stallion next week, according to a May 11 service statement.
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday it would partner with 3D Systems to accelerate the adoption of metal 3D printing into the shipbuilding industry, according to a company statement.
The Navy is seeking information from industry about a common hull configuration for military cargo ships as the House Armed Services Committee moves to maintain pressure on the service to advance the platform's development.
United Technologies Corp. subsidiary UTC Aerospace Systems announced today the components it's providing to the Marine Corps' heavy-lift helicopter will reduce the amount of regular maintenance the aircraft requires.
House lawmakers are proposing to slash the funding request for a major Marine Corps unmanned aircraft research and development effort by $15 million, according to the chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill.
Two days after a state of the Navy address at the Pentagon, the Marine Corps has clarified Commandant Gen. Robert Neller's statements on two separate aviation mishaps last year.
The Pentagon comptroller approved an $18 million request to resolve an RQ-21 Blackjack unmanned aerial vehicle shortfall, according to a reprogramming action document.
Top Navy leadership today declined to correlate a lack of funding with aviation mishaps, citing a lack of data to make the connection.
This year's Marine Corps technology investment road map for industry and Defense Department organizations saw a 60 percent increase in collaboration from across the military's science and technology enterprises, according to a Marine Corps official.
The Marine Corps identified $3.6 billion in savings and cost avoidance, including $567 million in the fiscal year 2019 budget, to reinvest in readiness, according to the service's top general.