Monday, May 13, 2024
The Marine Corps will accelerate a large-scale troop rotation that was scheduled for this fall by at least 30 days to help ease the transfer of authority in Baghdad to an Iraqi interim government, a top Marine general said today.
The Navy announced today that teams led by Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics each won contracts for the hotly contested Littoral Combat Ship -- a small, fast ship that represents the Navy's shifting combat focus from the high seas to waters close to shore.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark this week appealed to the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee to restore funding to the DD(X) destroyer and Littoral Combat Ship, programs that Clark calls the "cornerstone of our nation's future surface Navy."
The Navy today celebrated the safe return of an experimental unmanned submarine that was lost April 29 off the coast of Norway during a multinational military exercise.
House authorizers today rejected the Bush administration's request to fund construction of the first Littoral Combat Ship and DD(X) destroyer in fiscal year 2005, recommending the service delay building those ships until the following year.
The Marine Corps mission to restore peace in Haiti will cost about $23 million and the Navy expects to be reimbursed by the Pentagon, Navy Secretary Gordon England testified today.
Navy Secretary Gordon England told members of Congress this week that he expects Marines helping restore peace in Haiti should complete their mission in 90 days.
In a move eagerly awaited by Florida lawmakers, the Navy has decided the new home for U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command will be in Jacksonville, FL.
The Navy is expected to award Raytheon a $1 billion contract later this week to replace an aging radar suite used to track and collect intelligence data on U.S. and foreign ballistic missile launches, Inside the Navy has learned.
A missile fired from a Navy Aegis cruiser shot down a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean today in the first successful test of the Navy system in more than a year.
The Defense Department announced it will carry out another test of the Navy's developing missile defense system tomorrow.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) today suggested the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman hold up approval of Michael Wynne as the Defense Department's next acquisition chief until the Pentagon releases documents on the administration's controversial plan to lease Boeing 767 refueling tankers.
The Marine Corps has decided the Predator Short Range Anti-tank Weapon missile systems will not proceed into full rate production, Marine Corps Systems Command said late last week.
The Navy's limited ability to monitor cargo at sea in Southeast Asia could make it hard for U.S. forces to fully track movements by regional terrorist groups or prevent North Korean missile shipments, the Pacific Fleet commander said yesterday.
Former Navy Secretary Gordon England has been selected by the White House to retake that position, Navy sources told Inside the Navy.
The Marine Corps has developed a plan to send about 300 troops into Liberia to facilitate communications in the war-torn country, with about 2,000 Marines to be poised for action in ships positioned off the Liberian coast, according to Lt. Gen. James Conway, head of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon have been selected to advance to the next stage of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship competition, beating three other high profile industry competitors in the contest to design the Navy's newest surface combatant.
Pentagon acquisition executive Pete Aldridge, one of the toughest critics of the V-22 Osprey, told program officials he was pleased with testing results presented today at a Defense Acquisition Board review, Inside the Navy has learned.
Pentagon acquisition czar Pete Aldridge has refused to approve the Navy's fiscal year 2004 mine countermeasures plan because the Navy submitted it to his office "too late to certify," Inside the Navy has learned.
A farewell ceremony for Navy Secretary Gordon England is scheduled for Jan. 23, signaling the end of his term as head of the Navy.