Geurts: Navy Modernization At Risk Without COVID-19 Acquisition Relief Funds
This post has been updated with additional context on the Pentagon’s COVID-19 acquisition memo. The Navy may have to sacrifice…
France Sending Amphib Tonnerre to Assist Lebanon After Explosion
France earlier this week dispatched one of its amphibious ships to assist Lebanon following a deadly explosion in Beirut.…
Marine Corps AAV Water Operations Suspension Still Ongoing
The following post has been updated to correct the personnel recovered from the AAV. After salvaging the Amphibious Assault Vehicle…
Bath Iron Works Strikers, Shipyard Reach Tentative Deal
After partaking in mediation proceedings the last few weeks, striking shipbuilders at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and the shipyard…
U.K. Royal Navy Dispatching Survey Ship to Aid in Lebanon Crisis, CENTCOM Sending Supplies
The U.K. Royal Navy plans to send one of its survey vessels to assist Lebanon following a deadly explosion in…
China’s New Type-075 Amphibious Warship Kicks Off Sea Trials
The first in a new class of Chinese amphibious warships began sea trials, according to photos released on Chinese social…
Coast Guard Sails Medium Cutter North of Arctic Circle as Nanook Exercise Kicks Off
The Coast Guard for the first time in years sent one of its medium-endurance cutters to the Atlantic Ocean north…
CAPE Nominee: SECDEF Esper Blocked Shipbuilding Plan to Congress Because it Lacked ‘Credible Pathway’ to 355-Ship Fleet
The Pentagon still has not submitted a legally mandated shipbuilding blueprint to lawmakers this year because Defense Secretary Mark Esper…
HII Growing Unmanned Investments as Navy Plans to Expand Capability
As the Navy continues its pursuit of unmanned vehicles, Huntington Ingalls Industries hopes to harness its experience building the service’s…
Carrier Eisenhower Now Operating in Atlantic Near Spain
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) left the Mediterranean Sea and is now operating off the coast of southern Spain, a…