The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone is now expected to become operational in 2029, four years later than originally planned.
Lockheed Martin is integrating the PAC-3 missile with the Aegis Combat System to give U.S. Navy surface ships an additional interceptor capability, Chief Executive Jim Taiclet said.
Raytheon and Composite Energy Technologies have demonstrated the submerged launch capability of HADALUS, a new long-endurance unmanned undersea vehicle during a U.S. Navy exercise.
General Dynamics expects further growth in its U.S. surface and auxiliary ship businesses as higher productivity at Bath Iron Works and additional capacity at NASSCO support increased Navy work.
General Dynamics remains on schedule to increase submarine production to two Virginia-class boats and one Columbia-class boat annually in the early 2030s, company President Danny Deep said.
BWX Technologies has expanded its U.S. naval nuclear manufacturing capacity through the acquisition of Precision Components Group, a supplier whose current business is largely tied to the Navy’s nuclear propulsion program.
The U.S. Navy’s planned fleet of 15 nuclear-powered guided-missile battleships would cost about $275 billion through 2056, the Congressional Budget Office said.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $75 million Undefinitized Contract Action for the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit used in JDAM Long Range.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy demonstrated a rapidly retrainable artificial intelligence sonar system during RIMPAC 2026.
HII and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries are expanding welding automation at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi.
BWX Technologies is in early discussions with U.S. Naval Reactors over a proposed nuclear-powered battleship that could use an existing Ford-class aircraft carrier reactor design.
The decision formally separates their expanded strike role from that of standard Virginia-class fast-attack submarines.
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