With the Next Generation Enterprise Network program falling behind schedule, the service announced Aug. 1 it intends to increase the contract ceiling for the legacy Navy-Marine Corps Intranet from $3.4 billion to $5.5 billion, which the Navy blamed on NGEN delays.531 words

The Navy's decision to award engineering study contracts for Increment 3 of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft to four contractors who already work on the plane has chafed some in industry who believe the program's pledge to open up competition for work on the aircraft hasn't come to fruition, according to industry sources. 663 words

The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the Navy's shipbuilding plans over the future years defense plan as short-sighted in its mark of the fiscal year 2013 defense appropriations bill, approved Aug. 3, and the committee made significant changes to the DDG-51 destroyer and Virginia-class attack submarine programs in particular.784 words

FT. PICKETT, VA -- The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory is seeking solutions for sustainment-related capability gaps when supporting tactical units from a sea base, and tested unmanned options in a recent limited objective experiment, an official told reporters here last week.872 words

The Senate Appropriations Committee cut $20 million from the Next-Generation Jammer program due to delays in the technology development phase, according to a report accompanying its mark last week of the fiscal year 2013 defense appropriations bill. The committee still recommends providing $187 million in FY-13 for research, development, test and evaluation. Appropriators also want the Government Accountability Office to review the program by May 2013 to see if the jammer should become a "joint service solution," according to the report.79 words

The Senate Appropriations Committee has recommended that the Joint Requirements Oversight Council review the Marine Corps' Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) and zeroed out funding because the program's requirements and costs have not been validated, according to a report on the committee's mark of the fiscal year 2013 defense appropriations bill.451 words

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- A mechanical failure was the cause of the crash of a Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator unmanned aerial system in Maryland earlier this year, the program manager said here last week.344 words

The Joint Requirements Oversight Council may decide in October whether a Marine Corps cyberspace document, which identifies gaps required to do both offensive and defensive cyber operations, will become a joint document that will influence cyber operations across the services, according to an official.516 words

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The Navy ended the Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial Surveillance effort because it was deemed too much of a technological challenge, although the requirement still exists for the platform, an official said here last week.673 words

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The Marine Corps is forging a path ahead to fulfill a cargo unmanned aerial system capability after extending the deployment of K-MAX in Afghanistan through the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, according to an official.346 words

The Office of Naval Research is looking for an alternative to batteries to power the Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle for a period of days and months, according to an official.704 words

The Pentagon's fiscal year 2014 budget process could mark the end of the Marine Corps' investment in the Air Force's Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) program, but the Marines are continuing to fund development of a Northrop Grumman radar vying to fill the Air Force's requirement.663 words

The Air Force has already accepted six retired Marine Corps UH-1N helicopters and plans to take on an additional 20 between now and fiscal year 2014, but only three of the total incoming fleet of 26 will be "operationalized," according to an official from Air Force Global Strike Command.1282 words

The Senate Appropriations Committee is accusing the Defense Department of failing to correct "years of poor fiscal discipline," arguing DOD's plans to reduce force structure and take risk in meeting military commitments worldwide stem from a lack of oversight by Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale.703 words

A key congressional committee has voted against a Pentagon proposal to begin funding F-35 modernization in fiscal year 2013 and directed the Joint Strike Fighter program office to compile a report on a range of issues of concern to lawmakers.640 words