The following is the Oct. 23, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
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Navy Comptroller Worried How to Pay Sailors, Marines if Congress Doesn’t Pass Next CR
Sailors man the rails on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on its return to home port. Nimitz returns to its home port in Bremerton, Wash. following a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations (AO) on July 2, 2023. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s comptroller said he is “constantly worried” about being able to pay sailors, Marines and civilians if Congress fails to pass at least another stopgap gap spending bill next month, and for Navy programs if a full year’s budget is not passed by the new year. Read More
DEPSECDEF Hicks: DoD Wants Thousands of Drones to Counter China’s Military Mass Advantage
A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) operates with guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) in the Arabian Gulf during exercise Phantom Scope, Oct. 7, 2022. US Navy Photo
The Pentagon is betting that by fielding thousands of attritable autonomous systems across domains in fewer than two years, the United States can overcome China’s advantage of mass in manpower, ships, aircraft and missiles, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said in a Monday speech. Read More
Navy Raises Battle Force Goal to 381 Ships in Classified Report to Congress
Guided-missile destroyer Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG-124) in dry dock at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in June 2023. BIW Photo
The Navy is now more than 80 ships short of the latest estimate of what the sea service thinks it needs to fulfill the Biden administration’s national security strategy. Read More
Three Admirals Approved to Retire Amid Senate Confirmation Hold, Temporary Naval Academy Leader Chosen
U.S. Capitol on Dec. 29, 2022. USNI News Photo
THE PENTAGON – Three Navy three-star admirals will retire while the service moves to find temporary replacements amidst an ongoing hold on Senate confirmations for military leaders. Read More
SECDEF Austin: Tuberville’s ‘Unprecedented’ Hold on Pentagon Nominees Creates ‘Perilous Precedent’
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley address the media during a press conference in April. DoD Photo
An Alabama senator’s hold on all Department of Defense civilian and military nominations is “unprecedented in its scale and scope” and “a clear risk to U.S. military readiness,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wrote in a Friday letter to Congress, obtained by USNI News. Read More
USS Chancellorsville to be Renamed After Former Slave Who Captured Confederate Ship
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Nov. 29, 2022. US Navy Photo
A guided-missile cruiser that was named after a Confederate Civil War victory will be renamed in honor of a former slave who stole a Confederate States Navy ship in South Carolina and delivered it to the Union, the Navy announced in a late Monday statement. Read More
Russian, Chinese Naval Exercise Wraps in East China Sea
A People’s Liberation Army Navy helicopter takes off from Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Philippine Sea. JSDF Photo
The Russian Navy and the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) wrapped up their Joint Sea 2022 exercise in the East China Sea on Tuesday. The Russian surface action group transited northeast through the Tsushima Strait while the PLAN Liaoning Carrier Strike Group (CSG) continued its deployment to the Philippine Sea. Read More
Top Stories 2022: U.S. Navy Acquisition
The future USS Oregon (SSN-788) pierside at General Dynamics Electric Boat on Feb. 28, 2022. USNI News Photo
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022.
This year saw the U.S. Navy moving down an acquisition path with more certainty than in 2021. Read More
Defense Primer: U.S. Defense Appropriations Process
The following is the Nov. 17, 2022, Congressional Research Service Defense Primer: Defense Appropriations Process. Read More
