NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The nation’s sealift components are used to operating in peaceful seas and permissive environments but must prepare now for times when control of the seas is not assured, a panel of maritime leaders said. Speaking Aug….
Coast Guard Rings in Birthday at Sea-Air-Space
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Coast Guard celebrated its 231st birthday on Aug. 4 and Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz and service officials said it is increasing cooperation with international partners, working with industry on energy projects such as wind…
Navy Plans 2nd Order for Next-Generation Jammer-Mid-Band in 2022
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy plans to order a second Low-Rate Initial Production lot of the ALQ-249 Next-Generation Jammer-Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) in 2022, a Navy official said. Capt. Michael Orr, the Navy’s program manager for speaking at the Navy…
Navy Aims at Goal to Improve E-2D Mission-Capable Readiness
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is only weeks away from its goal to achieve a mission-capable rate for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based command and control aircraft of 28 aircraft, a Navy program official said. The Navy also is…
DoD Announces Acquisition and Sustainment Leadership Transition
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is only weeks away from its goal to achieve a mission-capable rate for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based command and control aircraft of 28 aircraft, a Navy program official said. The Navy also is…
Raytheon Anticipates 5-Year Production Contract for SPY-6 Radar and Variants
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Raytheon is expecting a five-year contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command for hardware production and sustainment of all variants of the SPY-6 shipboard radar, a company official said. Raytheon anticipates the contract award in September…
USMC Force Changes ‘Wicked Hard,’ but Essential, Lt. Gen. Smith Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Marine Corps’ drastic changes in force size, composition and weapons to meet the emerging threats, primarily from China, is going to be “wicked hard,” but the Corps’ top officer driving those changes said it is…
Dickinson Details Tenets of Responsible Space Behavior in Domain That Shares Similarities to the Sea
Space and the sea perhaps would seem at first blush to be very different and disparate operating environments. Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, the man in charge of U.S. Space Command, believes otherwise. At a luncheon and then a media…
Navy Decision Approving Production Decision of AARGM-ER Expected Soon
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy expects to make a decision soon approving low-rate initial production of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER), built by Northrop Grumman, expects to make a decision approving low-rate initial production…
CH-53K Program ‘Actively Working With Israel’ to Send 18 Helos by Mid-2020s
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. government has approved a sale of 18 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters to Israel, and the program hopes to get them to Israel by the mid-2020s, according to an official. The U.S. State Department cleared the…
