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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.
Senate appropriators seek to increase modernization spending on the Navy's major accounts -- aircraft procurement and shipbuilding -- at higher levels than their House counterparts, while recommending similar spending levels for ammunition, weapons and "other" portfolios.
The Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 experienced "significant" cost estimate increases over its engineering and manufacturing development phase from August 2014 to March 2017, according to a Defense Department inspector general's office report.
The Marine Corps may stand up an acquisition-focused team within its cyberspace command pending the results of an ongoing assessment, according to a service official.
Naval Air Systems Command has issued a request for proposals for a contract vehicle designed to acquire contractor support services, according to an Oct. 23 Federal Business Opportunities notice.
Congressional authorizers want the defense secretary to establish a $10 million prize competition to identify the root cause of physiological episodes on Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force training and operational aircraft, according to the fiscal year 2018 defense policy conference report.
The Navy stood up a "Rhino Readiness Recovery" team to address readiness issues within the strike fighter community, according to the service's air boss.
Despite having to scale back its annual exercise to accommodate hurricane relief efforts, the Navy and Marine Corps demonstrated a slew of technologies during this year's Bold Alligator at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejune, NC, according to a Marine Corps official.
Marine Corps Systems Command stood up a cyber operations team in June following a global ransomware attack in May, according to a Marine Corps official.
The Marine Corps' new tactical decision kits are the service's next step toward training Marines to fight in different operational environments while remaining on base, according to a service official.
The Marine Corps is on track to increase T-45C Goshawk pilot production in fiscal year 2018, and the Navy anticipates it will be at pre-operational pause levels by the end of November, according to senior service officials.
The Navy stood up the "Rhino Readiness Recovery" team to address readiness issues within the strike fighter community, according to the service's air boss.
The Navy plans to release a request for proposals for guided-missile frigate replacement design on Nov. 3, according to a senior naval acquisition official.
The Navy is seeking cost-effective solutions for an upgraded engine inlet system to increase particle filtration efficiency and improve engine time-on-wing, according to a request for information.
Marine Corps Systems Command established two cyber teams in response to a series of executive offsite recommendations made by former Commandant Gen. James Amos, according to MARCORSYSCOM Executive Director William Williford.
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Marine Corps is planning to a release before the end of 2017 a new concept to help inform both fleet Marines and the requirements process about additive manufacturing, according to a Marine Corps official.
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Navy is in the process of moving the resource sponsorship for unmanned undersea vehicles from expeditionary warfare (N95) to undersea warfare (N97), according to a Marine Corps official.
The Pentagon awarded BAE Systems a $59.5 million contract for additional rocket guidance kits, the company announced Oct. 10.
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Citing the "keeper" of IBM’s famous computer Watson, a Marine Corps official predicted the Defense Department is going to make a "bold bet" on artificial intelligence.
The science and technology community must communicate more effectively with Navy program offices to speed prototype integration, according to a service official.
More rapid fielding shouldn't mean extended reliance on contractors to service equipment in the field, a Marine Corps official said today.