The following is the U.S. Navy 2014 Program Guide. Read More
Category Archives: Budget Industry
Navy Issues Restricted UCLASS Draft Request for Proposal
Northrop Grumman’s X-47B flies over USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) on May 14, 2013. US Naval Institute Photo
The U.S. Navy released a long-awaited draft request for proposal (RFP) for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft on Thursday afternoon. Read More
Document: Ford Carrier Report to Congress
The following is the April, 9 2014 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program. Read More
Two Navy Helicopters Join in Korean Ferry Rescue Effort
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 is chained to the deck after landing on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) after conducting search and rescue operations. Sailors and Marines onboard Bonhomme Richard are conducting search and rescue operations as requested by the Republic of Korea. US Navy Photo
A pair of Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopters have been assigned to aid in rescue effort following the Wednesday sinking of a South Korean ferry, Navy officails told USNI News on Thursday. Read More
Navy Delays Commissioning of Latest Nuclear Attack Submarine
North Dakota (SSN 784) is rolled out of an indoor shipyard facility at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn. US Navy Photo
The Navy is delaying the commissioning of the first Block III Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine — North Dakota (SSN-784) — pending an investigation into material from a third party vendor that included material in the bow and stern of the boat as well as additional design and certification work on the boat’s redesigned bow, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) officials told USNI News Thursday.
French Female Sailors to Serve on Ballistic Missile Submarines
Triomphant-class submarine. French Navy Photo
The French Navy plans to lift restrictions to allow women sailors to crew the service’s Triomphant-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a Tuesday speech in Paris. Read More
Document: Pentagon Report on Sequestration Impact
The following is an April, 2014 report from the Department of Defense on the projected impact of so-called sequestration cuts from the Budget Control Act of 2011 on the U.S. military. Read More
Russia Will Begin Sea Trials of New Nuclear Subs this Summer
Russian Borey Class nuclear ballistic missile submarine
Two of Russia’s newest nuclear submarines will begin sea trials this summer, according to state media reports. Read More
Spain Asks U.S. for More Help to Fix Flawed Sub
Image of the Spanish Navy’s planned S-80 diesel attack submarine. Navantia Photo
In a recent U.S. visit, the Spanish Secretary of State for Defense Pedro Argüelles asked American officials for more help to correct design problems with its S-80 diesel-electric submarine program. Read More
Interview: Zumwalt Commander Capt. James Kirk
USNI News contributor Cmdr. Daniel Dolan, interviewed the commander of Zumwalt (DDG-1000), Capt. James Kirk, on 31 March. The ship—first in a class of three next-generation destroyers—is among the most expensive surface ships the U.S. Navy is building. The ship features a slew of new systems and the smallest crew yet for a ship her size. Dolan asked Kirk about the ship’s handling, the hull, some of the history of her namesake, and brought questions from members of the Naval War College staff ahead of the ship’s christening on Saturday at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Read More
