The Navy's New Mach 7 Cannon Could Be a Game Changer
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 08, 7:32AM CST
Ready to aim and fire -- behind the scenes at the Navy's new electromagnetic railgun. Source: U.S. Navy . The U.S. Navy has a Mach 7 cannon , and it could start shooting as early as 2018. That's the upshot of a new report from the U.S. Naval...
HII: 125.12 (+1.02), GD: 137.61 (-0.54), RTN: 107.03 (-0.37)
China Has a New Navy -- and It's Making the Neighbors Nervous
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jan 17, 8:40AM CST
" China has an aircraft carrier ." That headline alone was enough to send chills down the spines of American military strategists -- and of China's immediate neighbors, too -- when we first learned of China's progress in putting the Liaoning ...
GD: 137.61 (-0.54), LMT: 196.95 (-0.53)
The U.S. Navy Needs a New Frigate -- but It Will Get More Littoral Combat Ships Instead
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jan 11, 10:30AM CST
USS Freedom (LCS 1), America's first Littoral Combat Ship. Photo source: Lockheed Martin For America's defense contractors, it's all over but the crying -- and for two companies, the cheering . Eight long months the U.S. Navy kept us waiting...
HII: 125.12 (+1.02), GD: 137.61 (-0.54), LMT: 196.95 (-0.53)
Will Huntington Ingalls Build the Navy's New Super-Frigate?
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Oct 04, 10:16AM CDT
The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed Huntington Ingalls will not be building its new fleet of Offshore Patrol Cutters -- and great is the lamentation in Newport News, Va. Huntington Ingalls won't get to build a new Offshore Patrol Cutter for...
HII: 125.12 (+1.02), GD: 137.61 (-0.54), LMT: 196.95 (-0.53), RTN: 107.03 (-0.37)