Balikatan 2024 Drills Prioritize South China Sea, Luzon Strait
American, Philippine, Australian, and French forces began Balikatan 2024 on Monday in a ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo, Manila.…
Navy Outlines Planning, Execution Failures in Cruiser Modernization Program
The Navy’s push to retire seven guided-missile cruisers stems from management and planning in its original modernization program that caused…
New Workshops at SWO School Putting Focus on Leader, Crew Performance and Wellness at Sea
Future ship commanders and executive officers are getting new tools to prepare for the rigors of leadership at sea as…
Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Names
The following is the May 24, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress.…
CNO, Commandant: Services Have A Good Idea of How They’ll Fight, If Congress Helps Them With the Right Spending Plans
The chief of naval operations and commandant of the Marine Corps say they are increasingly clear on how they’d want…
Wittman: Navy Needs Money in its Budget for Modernization, But Not From Cutting Cruisers
This post has been updated to clarify that Rep. Rob Wittman would like to see a defense budget of…
Interview: Elaine Luria Says Navy Needs to Build ‘Battle Force 2025’ Instead of Divesting to Prepare for a 2045 Fight
The vice-chair of the House Armed Services Committee does not support the Navy’s “divest to invest” strategy of ridding the…
HASC: Congress Let DoD Buy Too Many F-35 Fighters But Not Enough F-35 Spares, Sustainment
The House Armed Services Committee has little appetite for buying any F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes beyond the official Biden…
Navy Developing Land-Based Unmanned Vehicle Testing Sites as Early Design Work Continues
The Navy is making arrangements for land-based testing of its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel prototype and eyeing similar plans for…
Electric Boat Awarded $2.4 Billion for 2nd FY 2021 Virginia-class Attack Boat
The Navy today awarded a construction contract for a second Virginia-class attack submarine this fiscal year, which the Trump administration…
Lawmakers Question Who Will Shepherd Navy’s Future Unmanned Fleet
When the Navy moved from a conventionally powered fleet to a nuclear one, Adm. Hyman Rickover oversaw the transitions for…