Navy warship USS Essex has been drydocked in San Diego for a $150 million overhaul.

A broad coalition of local business groups and high-tech companies launched a new regional unmanned systems effort that has the potential to increase investment in the region, spark job growth and bring additional companies to the area.

San Diego County’s job growth has been stronger than previously reported, with employment increasing by a relatively strong 2.1 percent, according to the latest data from the state Employment Development Department.

Gov. Brown honored 17 companies and organizations last month with the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), the highest environmental honor in the state.

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is headed back to San Diego.

Sequestration will likely squash some defense conferences this year, but one in San Diego appears to be doing just fine.

Military officials say a Navy helicopter made an emergency landing in a city park south of San Diego.

Amphibious assault ships USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and USS Peleliu (LHA 5) were named recipients of the 2012 Battle Efficiency (Battle "E") award recently.

U.S. Navy ship repair contractor Continental Maritime of San Diego will lay off 185 employees effective April 12, according to a notice filed with the state.

The U.S. Navy's hottest new ship and the centerpiece of its renewed focus on Asia isn't its largest vessel, or its most technologically advanced. But it has advantages that its bigger siblings lack.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law will open a Veterans Self-Help Legal Clinic on Wednesday, March 20, to help former military service members with their legal needs. Veterans will be assisted by volunteer lawyers from the community working side-by-side with TJSL law students.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law will open a Veterans Self-Help Legal Clinic on Wednesday, March 20, to help former military service members with their legal needs.

As Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) completes its move from San Diego to Virginia, hundreds of thousands of square feet of commercial space are coming online.

(AP) -- The California Coastal Commission on Friday rejected a Navy explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics said could harm endangered blue whales and other sea life.

If there are two words that encapsulate California’s commercial real estate markets, they are “cautiously optimistic.”

General Dynamics NASSCO, a primary constructor of ships for the U.S. Navy, warned about 1,040 employees on Monday of indefinite layoffs that may come in late April due to uncertainty created by the automatic U.S. budget cuts that took effect last week.

Northrop Grumman Corp.’s already-large unmanned aircraft business in San Diego is about to get even bigger.

Integrated Marine Services Inc. (IMS) is recognized as one of the premier full-service ship repair businesses in California.

As the federal government prepares for a wide range of across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester, local business leaders and executives fear that San Diego will feel a disproportionate impact of the cuts and could potentially be pushed back into recession if the sequester lasts very long.

Sequestration will be like nothing the U.S. Marine Corps has ever seen before in its 237-year history if the 10-percent automatic cuts kick in as planned on Friday.