Report to Congress on MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Aircraft
The following is the April 17, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, MQ-25 Stingray: Background and Issues for Congress.…
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…
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…
Report: Lasers on U.S. Navy Ships
The following is from the introduction to the Congressional Research Service’s April, 24 2013 report: Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface,…
Navy Stands Behind 2015 Cruiser Cuts
“Money is better spent on buying back the life of younger ships” with 25 to 30 years left, than putting…
Stackley: Funding Ohio Replacement ‘Daunting Challenge’
“The most daunting challenge” facing the Navy’s newly released shipbuilding plan is paying for the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine replacement when…
CNO: Sequestration Puts New Missile Sub At Risk
The Chief of Naval Operations said the Ohio-class replacement is his “number one program of concern,” although it remains “on…
Navy 30 Year Ship Plan Commits to BMD, LCS
The U.S. Navy has placed an emphasis on ballistic missile defense and a commitment to a next-generation Littoral Combat Ship…
Document: US Navy 2014 Long Range Shipbuilding Plan
The following is a draft of the 2014 U.S. Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan, obtained by USNI News The plan, presented…
Document: US Navy Program Guide 2013
From the document’s forward by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert: The U.S. Navy is the world’s most lethal,…