Saturday, November 1, 2025
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The Marine Corps is interested in developing an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a high-powered microwave weapon system to counter drone swarms, the head of the service’s Ground Based Air Defense program office said today.
The Marine Corps must prioritize investment in aircraft weapons modernization, particularly for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, service officials said today during the Modern Day Marine conference in Washington D.C.
The Marine Corps has awarded a $188 million contract to BAE Systems for the first batch of full-rate production 30mm cannon variant Amphibious Combat Vehicles following price negotiations that sought to lower ACV-30 costs, BAE announced today at Modern Day Marine.
Oshkosh Defense expects to deliver its first six low-rate initial production units of a robotically controlled ship-killing vehicle to the Marine Corps in June, according to company executives, who said a full-rate production decision could come as soon as late 2026 or early 2027.
Anduril Industries is offering a new electronic warfare capability dubbed Pulsar-Lite intended to deliver a compact and flexible EW capability that can operate autonomously to defend forward-forces from unmanned threats, company executives announced today.
The Navy is canceling almost $300 million worth of grants, awards and IT contracts identified as wasteful by the "Department of Government Efficiency," Navy Secretary John Phelan announced via X on Thursday night, marking the first publicly announced DOGE-related cuts within the sea service.
General Dynamics has yet to receive supplemental shipbuilding money approved by recent continuing resolutions, while the long-delayed awards for 10 block VI Virginia-class submarines and five build II Columbia-class vessels still appear distant, company executives said today during their 2025 first-quarter earnings call.
Last week, President Trump's executive order marked the start of a new push to rejuvenate the domestic maritime industry, but achieving the order's ambitions will require Congress to play a significant role, lawmakers and analysts told Inside Defense this week.
Last week, President Trump's executive order marked the start of a new push to rejuvenate the domestic maritime industry, but achieving the order's ambitions will require Congress to play a significant role, lawmakers and analysts told Inside Defense this week.
Newly confirmed Navy Secretary John Phelan has tapped Brett Seidle to perform the duties of service under secretary, replacing Victor Minella in the role, according to a Tuesday memo.
Following a chaotic fortnight for international trade, during which President Trump imposed and then partially rescinded wide-ranging tariffs on U.S. trading partners, lawmakers and defense executives alike are trying to make sense of and prepare for the likely effects of these tariffs on their businesses, constituents and international relationships.
President Trump today signed an expansive executive order aimed at revitalizing the United States maritime industrial base, directing the creation of a "maritime action plan (MAP)" to rejuvenate both commercial and military shipbuilding.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Navy is in the early stages of reviewing all its existing contracts, according to new Navy Secretary John Phelan, who today outlined his intent to draw upon his non-defense, private-sector experience to improve shipbuilding performance, reform defense acquisitions and run the service more like a business.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Navy plans to procure the technical data package for a landing ship design from Dutch shipbuilding conglomerate Damen Naval, according to a Tuesday announcement that comes as the sea service recalibrates its requirements and procurement plans for the Landing Ship Medium program.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Navy will pilot a new maintenance program for amphibious warships this year that will provide extended lead time for maintainers to plan and prepare for big-deck amphibious ship maintenance availabilities, senior officials said Monday at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space conference.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- As the Navy faces spending pressure from the full-year continuing resolution and a Pentagon-wide budget review, it may look to retire or scale back spending on aging platforms like cruisers as it prioritizes personnel, munitions and capacity for shipbuilding and unmanned systems, the sea service's top officer said today.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- United States shipbuilder HII have signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to "explore opportunities to collaborate on accelerating ship production" for both defense and commercial work, the companies announced today.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Defense companies General Atomics and Rafael are entering a partnership to produce a long-range, precision-guided strike missile to meet multiple United States military service requirements, the companies announced today at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space conference.
The first operational unit of a developing passive sensing and targeting system designed by L3Harris for use on Navy surface ships is expected to be installed aboard an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in 2027 and integrated with the vessel's Aegis Combat System, according to company executives.
United States shipbuilding is at risk under President Trump's tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, according to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who is leading a bipartisan push in the Senate to end a 25% tariff levied on the majority of Canadian goods.