Austal USA Breaks Ground on New Steel Assembly Facility
Austal USA broke ground on its planned final steel assembly facility Tuesday, the company announced in a statement.…
Navy Plan Calls for More Sub Funding
The Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan warns Congress unless the Pentagon can find more money to complete the Navy’s planned 12…
Somerset LPD will Commission in Philadelphia
The Navy will commission the third San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious warship — Somerset (LPD-25) — named after a Sept. 11,…
Navy: Ohio Replacement Negotiations ‘Have Not Progressed’
The Navy’s top acquisition official told the Senate Armed Services Committee Seapower Subcommittee that talks with the Defense Department “have…
Mabus Defends LCS on the Hill
With the USS Freedom (LCS-1) due to arrive in Singapore this week, the Littoral Combat Ship program’s cost received close…
Private Jets Fill Air Show Void Left by Pentagon Cuts
Art Nalls—air show performer and the owner/operator of what maybe the only working civilian Harrier jump jet in the country—may…
USS Anchorage Commissioned into Navy
The Navy commissioned the seventh San Antonio-class amphibious war ship into the Fleet in a snowy Saturday ceremony in Alaska.…
Document: U.N. Report Calling For Moratoria on Lethal Robots
From the summary of the U.N. Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns. The report calls…
U.N. Report Singles Out Two Navy Weapons Programs
An April U.N. report calling for suspending the use deadly robotic weapon systems singled out two Navy systems, the Phalanx…
Sixth National Security Cutter Contract Awarded
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a $487.1 million contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries for the construction of the sixth…
NAVSEA’s McCoy Speaks
Vice Adm. Kevin McCoy, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command has a rare interview in the latest issue of Proceedings. While…