PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced today the successful launch of amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29). Richard M. McCool Jr., the 13th LPD in the San Antonio class of amphibious assault force ships, will support U.S. amph…

After a series of delays, an official of the Turkish Aerospace Inc. (TAI) confirmed that the first batch of six T129B helicopters the government procured from Turkey will finally arrive in the Philippines.

Temel Kotil, general manager of TAI, said the first two T129Bs would be delivered on Saturd…

Late last month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a decision in a dispute over the award of a U.S. Navy support services contract. Normally, GAO bid protest decisions garner little attention because they typically involve small or little-known companies, low-dollar contracts, or mun…

The Deputy Director of the Institute for Development and Industrial Coordination (IFI), Aircraft Specialist Colonel Soracli de Oliveira Silva, signed the Special Initial Flight Permit (PEVi) of the T-27M. PEVi, initially intended for the Directorate of Aeronautical and War Material (DIRMAB), has as …

The Navy’s Next-Generation Logistics Ship (NGLS) program envisages procuring a new class of medium-sized at-sea resupply ships for the Navy. The Navy’s proposed FY2022 budget requests $27.8 million in research and development funding for the program. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, rej…

HEADQUARTERS, USMC –– Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicles are set to return to unrestricted waterborne operations following the development of a new tow rope solution designed to address previous issues with the vehicle’s towing mechanism.

In September 2021, the Marine Corps suspended ACV op…