Bath Iron Works has added Microsoft Federal Systems to its development team for the Navy's newest combat ship, the DD-21 Zumwalt Class destroyer, the company announced today.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Bath Iron Works has added Microsoft Federal Systems to its development team for the Navy's newest combat ship, the DD-21 Zumwalt Class destroyer, the company announced today.
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a study contract to examine how the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability could be integrated with ships of the Royal Navy, according to a statement the company released Oct. 6 out of Portsmouth, England.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mike Ryan last week released within the Air Force staff an 800-plus page classified study of the service's operations during the 78-day air war over Serbia.
Under the Pentagon's Foreign Comparative test program, the Navy will look at a berthing pod for submarines that may make sleeping on a sub more comfortable for some crewmembers, the Defense Department announced today.
The Marine Corps has started the process of determining how the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft will affect the surrounding environment if it is based at air stations in Arizona and California.
The Defense Department announced yesterday that Taiwan is asking for a $1.3 billion military arms sale that would include sophisticated air-to-air missiles, anti-ship missiles, and an improved communications system for ground troops.
The Pentagon announced yesterday that Israel has asked to buy eight AH-64D Apache helicopters equipped with Longbow fire control radars, a deal worth up to $509 million.
Naval Air Systems Command late yesterday afternoon announced that four Marine Corps CH-53E heavy-lift helicopters were resuming flight operations following a 14-day grounding of the entire fleet based on safety concerns.
Following a contentious two-day debate, the Senate today voted 65-32 against considering an amendment offered by Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) to a China trade bill that would have given the president greater flexibility in sanctioning China and other countries if they violate nonproliferation treaties.
The Air Force announced yesterday it has selected five U.S. companies to provide worldwide airlift services through fiscal year 2001.
Despite increased attention from Congress and the General Accounting Office over the issue of computer security, many federal agencies, including the Defense Department, continue to be plagued with computer security issues, GAO said in a report released yesterday.
If Vice President Al Gore wins the November presidential election, his administration will carry out national defense policy along the same lines as the Clinton administration has, the Republican staff of the Senate Budget Committee concludes in a recent analysis of Gore's defense policy. Gore's proposal for a $16 billion defense spending boost over the next six years amounts to a less-than-1 percent increase over current plans, according to the report.
When President Clinton announced last week he would not move forward with a deployment plan for the National Missile Defense system his administration is building, he cited technical challenges, such as countermeasures, facing the program as one of the reasons deployment would have to be deferred.
The Marine Corps has again grounded 22 AV-8B Harrier jets after mechanics found a damaged bearing in an engine that was undergoing repairs.
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has been given a $60 million contract by the Marine Corps for a new mobile air traffic control radar.
Northrop Grumman said today it is buying Federal Data Corporation and merging it with Logicon, Northrop's information technology subsidiary.
President Bill Clinton said today the National Missile Defense system his administration is developing is not technically mature enough for him to decide whether to move forward with a deployment plan.
The Air Force announced yesterday it has awarded Boeing a $16 million contract for the second phase of a program to convert nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missiles to conventional missiles.
The Army yesterday awarded three contracts worth a total of $25.7 million to cover the overhaul of engines and power plants on some of the service's AH-84 Apache and Black Hawk helicopters.
The Army's Communications-Electronics Command yesterday announced the award of eight separate contracts worth more than $1 billion.