Category Archives: Budget Industry

USS Zumwalt Mississippi Homeport Shift, Hypersonic Missile Upgrade Delayed Due to Repairs

USS Zumwalt Mississippi Homeport Shift, Hypersonic Missile Upgrade Delayed Due to Repairs

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) leaving San Diego, Calif., on July 27, 2023. Photo Used with Permission

Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is under repair in San Diego after a planned relocation to Mississippi was interrupted by a maintenance issue, Navy officials confirmed to USNI News. The ship initially left on Thursday before for Ingalls Shipbuilding to undergo the installation of a new hypersonic missile system before it came back to port, Navy officials told USNI News. Read More

Republicans Call for White House Shipbuilding Boost to Support AUKUS Attack Sub Sale

Republicans Call for White House Shipbuilding Boost to Support AUKUS Attack Sub Sale

Virginia-class submarine USS Oregon (SSN-793) transits the Thames River during routine operations in Groton, Conn., on Oct. 6. US Navy Photo

A group of Republican lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to boost submarine industrial base support with a claim the U.S. submarine force could be at risk if Washington goes through with the sale of Virginia-class nuclear attack boats to the Royal Australian Navy, according to the letter obtained by USNI News. Read More

Problems with Austal USA’s First Steel Ships Results in $40M Write Down for Aussie Parent

Problems with Austal USA’s First Steel Ships Results in $40M Write Down for Aussie Parent

Shipyard worker at the Austal USA yard in Mobile, Ala., looking on Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship Augusta (LCS-34). USNI News Photo

Problems with the first ships on Austal USA’s steel line have resulted in an estimated loss of around $40 million (AUD $58 million) for the Alabama shipyard’s Australian parent company, according to an Australian Securities Exchange notice published this week. Read More

HII Wins $528M San Diego Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Contract

HII Wins $528M San Diego Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Contract

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), lead ship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, returned to Naval Air Station North Island on Aug. 11, 2022, after a deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets in support of maritime secuirty operations to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. U.S. Navy Photo

Newport News Shipbuilding won a $528.4 million contract to maintain U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in California, according to a Monday Pentagon contract announcement. Read More

VIDEO: USS Canberra Commissions in Rare Overseas Ceremony

VIDEO: USS Canberra Commissions in Rare Overseas Ceremony

U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard and the Royal Australian Navy ceremonial guard line up for a photo op shortly before the commissioning ceremony for the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS-30) in Sydney, Australia July 22, 2023. DoD Photo

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Leaders of the U.S. Navy joined their Australian counterparts on a windy winter day at the ancestral home of the Royal Australian Navy to welcome USS Canberra (LCS-30) to the American fleet. Read More