SECNAV Del Toro Names Next Big Deck Amphib USS Helmand Province
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has named the next America-class big deck amphibious warship after the Helmand province campaign in Afghanistan.…
Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth Sidelined in Singapore with Propulsion System Damage
The Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) has been sidelined for an indefinite period in Singapore following a casualty…
Textron: Ship-to-Shore Connector Will Be Simpler To Operate, More Maintainable Than Current LCACs
The Navy’s next generation of surface connectors will be more reliable and less costly to operate after the Navy designed…
Essay: An Acquisition System to Enable American Seapower
In order for a coherent vision of modern American seapower to move forward in providing the lion’s share of this…
Navy Declares IOC On Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship; Future Of Mine Warfare Package Still Unclear
The Navy declared initial operational capability on the Independence variant of the Littoral Combat Ship last month, a formal step…
PEO LCS Barred From Deploying Early Version Of Anti-Sub Mission Package
The Navy will not be able to send its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission package out to sea this year as…
Head of Chinese Navy Defends South China Sea Moves in Teleconference with CNO Richardson
The head of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy told his U.S. counterpart the installations China has constructed in the…
Search Suspended for 12 Marines Feared Lost Following Hawaii Helicopter Collision
The Coast Guard is suspending the search for 12 Marines, now believed to be dead, after five days of looking…
U.S. Fleet Forces: New Deployment Plan Designed to Create Sustainable Naval Force
This post has been updated to clarify the name and role of the Navy’s warfighting development centers. NAVAL STATION NORFOLK,…
Missile Defense Agency Head Syring on North Korean Nuclear Tests
While terming North Korea’s most recent nuclear tests “alarming and provoking,” the director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said…
Opinion: To Win Without Fighting in Iran
A week full of news about Iran began with the crews of two U.S. Navy small boats being apprehended by…