The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved its version of a fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill that would fund the acquisition of 12 F/A-18 Super Hornet jets from Boeing and six F-35 planes from Lockheed Martin, Reuters reported
MoreThe U.S. Navy is looking into the possibility of shipbuilders constructing three Virginia-class nuclear submarines a year for the military branch in the coming years, DoD Buzz reported Friday. Kris Osborn writes
MoreThe U.S. Navy still expects to take in the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in March 2016 despite a redesign of the warship’s arresting gear, the Daily Press reported Thursday. Hugh
MoreHuntington Ingalls Industries CEO Mike Petters said that industry needs “clear signals” from the government to determine the focus of new investments as contractors work to drive down long-term costs, Reuters reported Monday. Petters said that continued
MoreHuntington Ingalls Industries has completed acceptance trials for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s Hamilton national security cutter in preparation for the ship’s delivery and commissioning over the next four months, Defense News reported Saturday. Christopher
MoreReps. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) and Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) of the House Armed Services Committee inspected a Huntington Ingalls Industries facility in Pascagoula, Miss. last week to tour a shipyard and learn about construction
MoreThe USS Gerald R. Ford is the first of the next-generation class of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and its flight deck has been completed, according to a News Channel 3 article. Huntington Ingalls
MoreThe Defense Department awarded $39.4 billion in contracts during March, a sharp increase over the $23.1 billion in awards from February and $12.1 billion from January. Despite sequestration, the Pentagon plans to award up to $300 billion
MoreVirginia-class submarines are advanced vessels that have come a long way since their initial design in 1998. With 34 submarines procured through 2021, the Virginia class steadily replaces the retiring Los Angeles-class
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