HII Delivers Attack Boat New Jersey to Navy
HII Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered the 23rd Vrginia-class nuclear attack submarine to the U.S. Navy, the company announced in a Thursday statement.…
Report on Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles
The following is the Sept. 30, 2021 Congressional Research Service Report, Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles: Background and…
Naming Commission Still Undecided How To Handle Ships with Confederate Ties
A commission tasked with identifying military assets with names tied to the Confederacy has not yet visited two ships that…
U.S. Marine F-35Bs to Embark on Japan’s Largest Warship in October
KUALA LUMPUR – U.S Marine F-35Bs from Iwakuni will support the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s post refit trials of the…
Report on Virginia-class Attack Submarine Program
The following is the Sept. 29, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and…
Four Admirals Tapped to Lead Restructured Submarine, Public Shipyard Programs
The Navy has tapped a trio of admirals to lead three new program offices as part of a restructuring in…
Huntington Ingalls Says All Employees Must Be ‘Fully Vaccinated’ for COVID-19 By December
The largest U.S. naval shipbuilder is mandating that all its employees complete a COVID-19 vaccine regimen by early December, according…
CENTCOM: Keeping Bagram Airbase Was ‘Untenable’ Under White House Rules for Afghanistan Withdrawal
The sprawling size of the U.S. airbase at Bagram and its isolation from Kabul meant that keeping it under American…
Report to Congress on LPD-17 Flight II, LHA Amphibious Warship Programs
The following is the Sept. 28, 2021, Congressional Research Service report Navy LPD-17 Flight II and LHA Amphibious Ship Programs:…
Moving Marines Across the Pacific Could Be Littoral Combat Ship’s Next Mission
ABOARD THE LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP USS KANSAS CITY, OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA – The cavernous mission bay of USS…
Milley: Staying in Afghanistan Past Deadline Would Have Put U.S. Troops, Afghans in Danger
If Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden had chosen to ignore the dates set for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan,…