Saturday, November 1, 2025
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The Navy is interested in partnering with companies and other private-sector players to establish one or more affiliated groups that will manage maritime industrial base investments and development projects, according to a new request for information.
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has received a five-year multiyear procurement contract worth as much as $10.9 billion for up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the Marine Corps.
The past decade has seen an across-the-board downturn in readiness rates for Army ground vehicles, with none of its fleet last year reportedly up to par with the service's goal for mission capability, a new congressional watchdog report has found.
The Trump administration's shipbuilding office is up and running within the White House Office of Management and Budget after a leadership change this summer and is now working to promote investments and implement policies to boost domestic production capacity for commercial and military vessels, according to the administration.
The Marine Corps today announced plans to officially establish an initiative intended to identify and adopt artificial intelligence-enabled decision-making tools in a bid to accelerate force modernization and increase the service's contribution to Pentagon-wide, combined joint all-domain command and control (CJADC2) efforts.
The Navy is preparing to open a design competition for a Future X-Band Radar (FXR) for its surface combatants, according to new presolicitation and sources-sought notices released in the past week.
Autonomous vessel maker BlackSea Technologies will compete for the Navy’s Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) program with a new family of modular, multimission unmanned surface vessels, the company announced this week.
The Navy is testing technology from Israeli company Sealartec designed to autonomously launch and recover small boats, according to a Tuesday announcement from the service describing a June 2025 capability demonstration.
The Marine Corps is looking for additional radar systems to pair with two of its mobile air defense capabilities, the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) and Light-MADIS, according to a new request for information.
The Navy is accepting bids for design work on its Next Generation Logistics Ship (NGLS) and plans to award up to three concept refinement contracts in the near future, according to a Sept. 10 request for proposals.
HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding is scaling up outsourcing work on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program, tapping six different partner companies to build outfitted structural units for Flight III ships Thad Cochran (DDG-135), John Lehman (DDG-137) and Telesforo Trinidad (DDG-139).
Defense technology company Eureka Naval Craft is submitting its AIRCAT Bengal-MC uncrewed surface vessel as a candidate for the Navy's Modular Attack Surface Craft requirement.
The Navy is looking for a second shipyard to build vessels for its Landing Craft Utility program, according to a new sources-sought notice signaling a renewed push to expand output of the amphibious connectors 18 months after the service terminated its original LCU-1700 production contract.
The Navy failed to effectively manage the operational capabilities of its MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft, according to a Defense Department inspector general program audit, which found the service declared initial operational capability in spite of deficiencies that could prevent the aircraft from performing its mission.
The Navy has awarded a cumulative $10 billion to 59 different contractors to provide various forms of logistics support, supplies and services for geographic combatant commands, coalition partners and U.S. federal agencies, according to a Sept. 4 contract announcement.
Navy Secretary John Phelan has directed the establishment of a new program executive office for robotic and autonomous systems (PEO RAS) and the creation of a corresponding portfolio acquisition executive position as well as a deputy assistant Navy secretary for robotic and autonomous systems position, according to a Sept. 3 memo obtained by Inside Defense.
Austal USA has entered into a strategic outsourcing agreement with fellow Alabama-based shipbuilder Master Boat Builders that will see the two companies collaborate on current programs in Austal’s portfolio as well as undisclosed future efforts, Austal announced today.
The Navy is interested in increasing the quantity of technology pilot programs it initiates under its newly established rapid capability office and across its program offices in a bid to accelerate the development of warfighting capabilities, Navy Chief Technology Officer Justin Fanelli said today.
BAE Systems has secured a $1.7 billion contract to deliver as many as 55,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II conversion kits for the Navy, Army and foreign military sales customers, according to a Pentagon contract announcement.
The U.S. Navy and international partners are considering developing a new missile variant to serve as a successor to the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block II, which is currently used by 12 North Atlantic Alliance nations to defend warships from ballistic and cruise missiles.