GAO 2025 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment
The following is the June 11, 2025, Government Accountability Office report, Weapon Systems Annual Assessment DOD Leaders Should Ensure That Newer Programs Are Structured for Speed and Innovation.…
Navy Budget Keeps LCS, Subs & DDGs On Track
The Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps are continuing funding future capability with a budget that places emphasis on introduction…
Hagel on Budget: ‘We are Living in a World of Complete Uncertainty’
The Pentagon has issued a budget that hopes to sidestep mandatory sequestration cuts as part of a larger Obama administration…
Greenert: Forward Deployed Ships, F-35s USN’s Future
In a time of fiscal “reduced visibility” the Navy’s strategy remains “to be where it matters,” Chief of Naval Operations…
New LCS Sonar and Missile to be Competed Next Year
In the next year the Navy will begin competition for the follow on sonar and surface-to-surface missile system for the…
Carrier Critics
Why does the United States maintain a fleet of aircraft carriers? The answer to that question could appear self-evident. Or,…
Greenert Wants Sailors Thinking About Invisible Threats
Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, is pushing for the Navy to pay more attention to threats in the…
After Thresher: How the Navy made Subs Safer
Eight years ago, USS San Francisco (SSN-711) ran full speed into a mountain more than 500 feet below the ocean’s…
Greenert: New Defense Bill Will Halve Navy’s Budget Cuts
The Fiscal Year 2013 defense bill, signed into law last week, will halve the $ 9 billion in budget cuts…
HII Wins $2.6 billion Lincoln Refueling Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has won a $2.6 billion contract for the refueling and complex overhaul of the nuclear aircraft…
Congressional Group Urges Navy to Maintain Ships
A group of ten Congress members are urging the Navy not to defer maintenance of surface ships as part of…