Huntington Ingalls Industries' chief executive officer said last week the company hopes lawmakers can avoid impending defense cuts in 2013. That said, he added that the company is also well-positioned to weather those cuts despite its wide swath of naval shipbuilding programs given HII's progress during the second quarter.1590 words

The Office of Naval Research is hoping to develop a hyper-velocity projectile capable of being shot out of both conventional guns and the electromagnetic rail gun, leveraging technology development from several other research programs to create a single product with a low total ownership cost.572 words

As the program undergoes initial operational test and evaluation, the Navy is exploring improvements to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft -- specifically, a non-rotating antenna with a 360-degree radar beam, according to a service spokesman. 504 words

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The Navy will take a second look at the numerous unmanned assets that will soon fly missions for the Navy once they reach the field to determine whether the way they are used should be tweaked, the service's incoming head of unmanned aircraft said here recently. 550 words

The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee is denying a Navy move to transfer funds meant for cruiser modifications, according to an Aug. 1 letter from the committee to Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale obtained by InsideDefense.com. The committee rejected the Navy's request to transfer $120 million because the fiscal year 2013 president's budget request made those funds available by retiring some cruisers early -- a move the committee opposes. "The Navy should continue to execute the prior-years plans until the Congress acts on the fiscal year 2013 defense appropriation bill," the letter states.92 words

The Navy is participating in a variety of efforts to determine the best way to process the vast amounts of data flooding in with the proliferation of unmanned systems and sensors in general, according to the service.468 words

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The Navy will be testing ways to control the Unmanned Combat Air System when it starts testing aboard an aircraft carrier deck for the first time in 2013, Capt. Jaime Engdahl, UCAS program manager, told reporters here recently.396 words

The Littoral Combat Ship is prepared for its first deployment to the Pacific from both a personnel and an operational standpoint, a Navy official said last week, who countered reports that the ship class was failing to meet requirements as it nears its deployment date. 852 words

The Army, on behalf of the Navy, is conducting research and testing on the GQM-163 Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target to see if it would be a viable option for the Japanese Navy, according to an Army spokesman and a recent notice posted on Federal Business Opportunities.322 words

The third Littoral Combat Ship sailed out of its Wisconsin shipyard Aug. 6 "a much-improved product" over its research-and-development predecessor, the commander of the Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, told reporters last week.449 words

The Navy will publish a cyber manpower strategy for offensive cyber operations in December, while continuing to work on analyzing defensive cyber operations, according to Navy spokesman Joe Gradisher.483 words

FT. PICKETT, VA -- The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab is creating an autonomous vehicle that an MV-22 can transport internally, with the goal of being ready to participate in an experiment in fiscal year 2014, according to a service official.514 words

The Navy's ongoing Cyber Wholeness Review will define areas of concern so that the service can align resources efficiently to the challenges identified in the cyber domain, according to Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, head of Fleet Cyber Command.340 words

The Marine Corps has selected four teams to build prototypes of the Marine Personnel Carrier, and the contracts are worth about $3.5 million each, according to a source familiar with the program.315 words

Redistributing Marines around the Pacific will create four fully capable Marine Air-Ground Task Forces and will prove beneficial to the United States' relationship with Japan, but the current plan further spreads out personnel and goods and therefore requires more amphibious lift capability, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wrote in a July 24 response to a recent report on the U.S. defense posture in the Pacific.801 words

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport, RI, is lowering costs by downsizing on the Navy Multiband Terminal program, according to an official.343 words

Two officials involved in modifying retired Marine Corps helicopters for the Air Force to use in an operational capacity told Inside the Air Force last week that those 1970s-era aircraft are in good condition because of the Marines' unique depot maintenance policies, and they said one of the key tasks they will need to accomplish to give the Air Force usable aircraft is to develop appropriate technical manuals for their continued maintenance.1148 words

The Navy lacks a comprehensive, integrated strategic plan to ensure its multibillion-dollar investments in unmanned systems will result in the efficient integration of drones into the fleet's force structure, according to an internal assessment.641 words

Senate appropriators have joined House appropriators in adding funding to alternative fuel research, praising the Navy's efforts in developing new fuels.397 words

The Defense Department has launched a new "fast track" process for delivering weapons and services to foreign militaries with extraordinary urgent needs, according to new internal guidance.897 words

President Obama has nominated a naval officer to become the next head of the Missile Defense Agency, according to a Pentagon statement released last week.242 words

A story in the Aug. 6 issue on the P-8A Poseidon program states that Lockheed Martin "builds the acoustics suite" for the aircraft. Lockheed does participate in building the acoustics suite used on both the P-3C and the P-8A, but Boeing is the prime contractor for the acoustics suite on the P-8A.57 words