Jay Stefany to Lead Navy’s New Maritime Industrial Base Program Office
The Navy is standing up a new maritime industrial base program office and has tapped one of its career civil servants to take the helm.…
HII Receives Advanced Procurement Award for CVN Washington Refueling and Overhaul
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News, Va. shipyard was awarded a $224 million contract modification to start acquiring long lead items…
Document: Report to Congress on Littoral Combat Ships and Frigates
The following is the Jan. 30, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues…
Video: Tomahawk Strike Missile Punches Hole Through Moving Maritime Target
A January test of a Raytheon Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) against a moving target at sea could be a…
Pentagon: U.S. Won’t Send Carrier to Mainland China This Year
The Pentagon has no plans to send a nuclear powered aircraft carrier (CVN) to mainland China this year, a Defense…
Navy to Christen Afloat Forward Staging Base Puller on Saturday
The first purpose built at-sea platform for mine countermeasure (MCM) helicopters and special operations forces (SOF) is set to be…
Document: John McCain Letter Asking Pentagon Not to Send U.S. Carrier to China
The following is the Feb. 2, 2015 letter from Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to Secretary…
Navy Considering Railgun for Third Zumwalt Destroyer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Engineering studies to include an electromagnetic railgun on a Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000) have started at Naval Sea Systems…
Defense Minster Nakatani: South China Sea Has An Affect on Japanese Security
The newly minted Japanese defense minister said the ongoing tension in the South China Sea has a direct affect on…
Nominee Carter Highlights National Security Challenges in Confirmation Hearing
Ashton Carter acknowledged Wednesday that if confirmed as secretary of defense he and the nation “will be confronting some of…
CNO Greenert: ‘Cyber Theft is Hemorrhaging Us’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The theft of American high tech intellectual property from U.S. defense contractors is major continued technological concern…