VisionMaster FT ECDIS—Electronic Chart Display and Information System—on board a commercial ship.

Electronic Charts Ready for Navigation

Northrop Grumman’s Naval and Oceanic Systems group is implementing software changes and upgrades to the Navy’s Electronic Chart Display and Information System.

Edward J. Walsh
February 2023
SPY-6(v) radar

Digital Engineering Improves SPY-6 Radar

Raytheon’s Missiles and Defense business unit is collaborating with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for systems integration for the SPY-6(v) radar.

Edward J. Walsh
December 2022
Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout

Fire Scout Auditions for New Roles

The MQ-8B entered Navy service in 2006. It operates today on board littoral combat ships in conjunction with manned MH-60S helicopters.

Edward J. Walsh
October 2022
Textron

The New LCAC Picks Up Steam

The Navy and Marine Corps have long considered the LCAC a critical cog in the Sea Services’ amphibious warfare machine.

Edward J. Walsh
August 2022
Ship

The San Antonio LPDs Near Flight II

Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered the Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), the 12th San Antonio- class amphibious transport dock, in March.

Edward J. Walsh
June 2022
unmanned surface vessels Ranger and Nomad

Navy to Launch MUSV Prototype This Year

An industry team led by L3Harris Technologies is working toward a December target for completing construction of a prototype medium unmanned surface vehicle.

Edward J. Walsh
April 2022
ship

Tomahawks Getting More Lethal

Raytheon Technologies’ Missiles and Defense unit, longtime builder of the Tomahawk precision-strike standoff cruise missile, is recertifying the current inventory of Block IV missiles and upgrading them.

Edward J. Walsh
February 2022
ships

Aegis Baseline 10 for Joint Battle Management

Lockheed Martin Mission and Rotary Systems is working with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries to prepare for initial lightoff of the Aegis combat system.

Edward J. Walsh
October 2021
software

The Navy Gets a Software Factory

The Navy recently established what it calls a “software factory ecosystem”—dubbed “the Forge”—a physical site for an effort that also will be virtual, engaging numerous contractors.

Edward Walsh
August 2021