Justin Katz
Reporter, Navy and Marine Corps, Breaking Defense
Prior to joining Breaking Defense, Justin Katz reported on the Navy and Marine Corps as an associate editor for Inside Defense, where he focused on the services' largest acquisition programs and congressional committees overseeing them. Justin has also covered the federal government's cybersecurity policies and programs for FCW and a worked as a general news reporter in both Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Katz graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., in 2015 with a degree in communications focusing on journalism and is a native of Long Island, N.Y. jkatz@breakingmedia.comStories by Justin Katz
The premise of Boeing’s demonstration is simple, but it is aimed at the heart of many of the operational concepts and environments Pentagon leaders have discussed in recent years.
By Justin Katz
Geurts will exit “later this month,” he announced.
By Justin Katz
“You could say we bought a bigger house, [but] from a modeling and simulation perspective, it’s exactly the same.”
By Justin Katz
The Navy’s top officer hit industry on Monday for lobbying for “aircraft we don’t need.”
By Justin Katz
The Compact Rapid Attack Weapon will produce one of the first new torpedoes introduced to the Navy’s fleet in decades.
By Justin Katz
The Navy wants to hire an industry partner for its Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab, or RAIL, office.
By Justin Katz
The new policy comes as a result of the loss of the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020.
By Justin Katz
The company is anticipating a contract later this year for work associated with backfitting Flight IIA destroyers.
By Justin Katz
“We were able to … create new software and put new communication waveforms through the system and demonstrate a class a wave forms it could be critical to the Navy as they look at Project Overmatch,” said Mike Meaney, a Northrop Grumman official.
By Justin Katz
“The Navy’s going to have a huge problem,” Mark Cancian, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said of the service’s likely budget squeeze.
By Justin Katz
“We’ve got FFG-62. We’re going to have another DDG variant at some point and then we’ve got the unmanned stuff. How do I introduce it to the fleet? What does that look like?” said Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the service’s top surface warfare officer.
By Justin Katz
A senior Navy admiral says the service is “pretty good” at firefighting at sea, but conceded “education” and “spot checking” is necessary at the shipyards.
By Justin Katz
The Navy recently completed a 3-week at-sea testing period for MCM USV and are awaiting the results before moving forward with a full-rate production contract.
By Justin Katz
The premise of Boeing’s demonstration is simple, but it is aimed at the heart of many of the operational concepts and environments Pentagon leaders have discussed in recent years.
By Justin KatzGeurts will exit “later this month,” he announced.
By Justin Katz“You could say we bought a bigger house, [but] from a modeling and simulation perspective, it’s exactly the same.”
By Justin KatzThe Navy’s top officer hit industry on Monday for lobbying for “aircraft we don’t need.”
By Justin KatzThe Compact Rapid Attack Weapon will produce one of the first new torpedoes introduced to the Navy’s fleet in decades.
By Justin KatzThe Navy wants to hire an industry partner for its Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab, or RAIL, office.
By Justin KatzThe new policy comes as a result of the loss of the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020.
By Justin KatzThe company is anticipating a contract later this year for work associated with backfitting Flight IIA destroyers.
By Justin Katz“We were able to … create new software and put new communication waveforms through the system and demonstrate a class a wave forms it could be critical to the Navy as they look at Project Overmatch,” said Mike Meaney, a Northrop Grumman official.
By Justin Katz“The Navy’s going to have a huge problem,” Mark Cancian, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said of the service’s likely budget squeeze.
By Justin Katz“We’ve got FFG-62. We’re going to have another DDG variant at some point and then we’ve got the unmanned stuff. How do I introduce it to the fleet? What does that look like?” said Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the service’s top surface warfare officer.
By Justin KatzA senior Navy admiral says the service is “pretty good” at firefighting at sea, but conceded “education” and “spot checking” is necessary at the shipyards.
By Justin KatzThe Navy recently completed a 3-week at-sea testing period for MCM USV and are awaiting the results before moving forward with a full-rate production contract.
By Justin Katz