Report to Congress on Columbia-class Submarine Program
The following is the Congressional Research Service April 4, 2024, report, Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress.…
Document: Littoral Combat Ship Manning Concepts
From the July 2013 Office of Chief of Operations (OPNAV) report — Littoral Combat Ship Manning Concepts: Based on current…
A Brief History of Naval Wargames
For more than 100 years, the U.S. Navy has simulated naval warfare with simulations, or games. As far back as…
Game Review: ‘Command’ is A Worthy Successor to Harpoon
Given the nature of the personal computer game market, it’s rare for a commercial game to have the potential to…
Report: Some in Industry Concerned with Shift in UCLASS Requirements
Some potential builders of the Navy’s planned Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) are worried a shift in focus to…
Opinion: Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Challenges the Status Quo
The world is a dynamic and uncertain place where threats can come from anywhere. Accordingly, the U.S. Navy’s missions have…
Diplomatic Solution to Syria’s Chemical Weapons will not be Easy
After a major chemical attack in the Ghouta area of Damascus, Syria, the United States and many of its allies…
CNO: Navy Needs to Reshuffle $ 2 billion to Cover O&M and Shipbuilding Accounts
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert informally asked the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) for authority to shuffle $…
Document: CNO Greenert’s Sept. 18, 2013 Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee
From the document: In this statement I will explain the impacts of sequestration having occurred in FY 2013 and current…
UCLASS Acquisition Raises Questions in Congress
In a letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus on Tuesday, members of Congress questioned the Pentagon’s direction in…
Document: House Seapower Committee’s Letter to Secretary of the Navy on UCLASS
The following is a Tuesday letter from the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces to Secretary of…