Greenert: Forward Deployed Ships, F-35s USN’s Future
In a time of fiscal “reduced visibility” the Navy’s strategy remains “to be where it matters,” Chief of Naval Operations…
Greenert: New Defense Bill Will Halve Navy’s Budget Cuts
The Fiscal Year 2013 defense bill, signed into law last week, will halve the $ 9 billion in budget cuts…
HII Wins $2.6 billion Lincoln Refueling Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has won a $2.6 billion contract for the refueling and complex overhaul of the nuclear aircraft…
Congressional Group Urges Navy to Maintain Ships
A group of ten Congress members are urging the Navy not to defer maintenance of surface ships as part of…
New Defense Bill Puts Lincoln Refueling Back on Track
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) has arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding facility to begin its mid-life refueling…
Opinion: History’s Costliest Fleet Auxiliary
When in doubt about grave questions, reach for the classics. What would the likes of Alfred Thayer Mahan or Julian…
CBO Report on DoD Reductions
From the March Congressional Budget Office report on Pentagon spending cuts: In 2013, the Department of Defense (DoD) faces an…
Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress
From the March 14, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The Navy’s FY2013 budget submission calls for procuring nine Arleigh Burke…
Congresswoman: Miami Will Get Repaired
The U.S. Navy submarine damaged by an arsonist in Kittery, Maine will be repaired, said Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter on Monday.…
AP: USS Miami Might Not Get Repaired
The Navy may not repair a nuclear attack submarine damaged in May by an act of arson, according to the…