Sunday, March 16, 2025
The Navy expects its next-generation F/A-18E/F Super Hornet infrared sensor to enter full-rate production in early fiscal year 2025 even though the system's anticipated initial operational capability date has slipped from the third to the fourth quarter of FY-24.
The Navy is planning to issue a solicitation to shipbuilder HII for long-lead-time materials and detail, design and construction of three amphibious warships -- LPD-33, LPD-34 and LPD-35, according to a presolicitation notice published Friday.
Acting Commandant Gen. Eric Smith today published a Marine Corps force guidance letter affirming the service will continue on its Force Design 2030 trajectory and outlining accelerated modernization, naval integration and organic mobility as warfighting priorities.
Marine Corps representatives visited a location in Camden, AR, and met with U.S. defense contractor RTX and Israeli company Rafael to "discuss the possibility" of domestically producing the Tamir interceptor missile, according to a Tuesday service announcement.
Amphibious Combat Vehicle operators are beginning to graduate from the Marine Corps' new certification program, service officials announced Friday, indicating the program aims to recertify approximately 300 previously licensed ACV operators by the start of fiscal year 2025.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is calling on the Navy to "reintroduce stability and predictability" into shipbuilding and budgeting, highlighting increasing costs across ship acquisitions and a growing divide between the Navy's fleet requirements and its actual fleet size.
House lawmakers today approved a legislative proposal intended to facilitate the implementation of the AUKUS security partnership by enabling the transfer of two Virginia-class submarines to Australia.
General Dynamics is adjusting to a "new normal" for its supply chains, according to company executives, who said despite persistent challenges, its shipbuilding business experienced continued growth with record revenue during the second quarter of 2023.
The Biden administration has nominated Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney to serve as the next assistant Marine Corps commandant, according to a Tuesday announcement.
The Navy and Marine Corps are gearing up for a large-scale exercise that will test their ability to synchronize global operations, from fleetwide maneuvers down to the individual actions of sailors and Marines, through a mix of live and virtual training.
The Senate approved an amendment to its defense policy bill aiming to boost “Buy America” requirements for Navy shipbuilding by mandating that certain components of naval vessels and auxiliary ships be produced by the United States technology and industrial base.
A senior Pentagon official is pushing back on the categorization of delayed weapons deliveries to Taiwan as a "backlog," instead saying the roughly $19 billion list of undelivered military aid is the result of systemic problems within the U.S. defense industrial base.
The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is calling for an "increased sense of urgency" in the delivery of deterrent capabilities to the Pacific theater to counter China's buildup of military capabilities, including hypersonic and nuclear weapons.
House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (R-VA) today urged the accelerated adoption of autonomous systems and underscored a provision in the House's defense policy bill that would stand up a new Pentagon office to pursue this goal.
The Navy has its sights set on the next phase of a developing hypersonic weapons program, targeting early fiscal year 2024 to launch a contract competition for the effort's engineering and manufacturing development phase.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has advanced a legislative proposal that, if approved, would authorize the United States to transfer Virginia-class submarines to Australia and enable greater collaboration between the nations to implement the AUKUS security agreement.
Lawmakers plan to shape the execution of the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the U.K. and United States through legislative provisions within the defense policy bills currently working their way through Congress, with Senate authorizers aiming to stand up a new Pentagon position to coordinate the budding initiative and both chambers seeking greater oversight.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's defense policy bill aims to limit the Navy's use of certain funds until the sea service delivers a 30-year shipbuilding plan that maintains a minimum of 31 amphibious warships.
At a relinquishment of office ceremony today, Gen. David Berger officially ended his four-year tenure as the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps, passing the torch to Assistant Commandant Gen. Eric Smith who will serve as 'acting commandant' until Congress confirms a new service leader.
The Marine Corps is fine-tuning a prototype air defense capability and looking to procure larger quantities of the system’s interceptor missiles ahead of a September 2024 quick-reaction assessment that could clear the program to enter procurement in fiscal year 2025.