HII Delivers Attack Boat New Jersey to Navy
HII Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered the 23rd Vrginia-class nuclear attack submarine to the U.S. Navy, the company announced in a Thursday statement.…
HAC-D Passes $674.6B FY 2019 Spending Bill; $22.7B for Shipbuilding
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee passed its Fiscal Year 2019 spending bill, according to a Wednesday statement.…
Price Hikes, Production Delays Mark Navy Shipbuilding for Past Decade
Navy shipbuilding has been plagued for the last decade by programs running over-budget and underperforming once completed, according to a new…
China Has Stolen Vast Amounts of Navy Submarine, Missile Data in Multiple Breaches from Contractor’s Servers
This story will be updated as new information becomes available. Chinese government-sponsored cyber thieves stole hundreds of gigabytes of data…
GAO Report on U.S. Navy Future Shipbuilding Investment
The following is the June 6, 2018 Government Accountability Office report Navy Shipbuilding Past Performance Provides Valuable Lessons for Future…
Navy Speeds Up Pace of Sea-Going Apprenticeship Program in Effort to Retain Sailors
Getting sea-going sailors into job-specific training sooner is driving tweaks to the Navy’s long-running Professional Apprenticeship Career Track (PACT) program.…
Navy Wants Unmanned Systems to be Ubiquitous in Future Warfare
The Navy’s acquisition chief disbanded his unmanned systems office, not as a sign of decreased focus on its mission, but…
Department of the Navy Strategic Unmanned Systems Roadmap Summary
The following is the summary of a Department of the Navy Strategic Roadmap for Unmanned Systems, which was signed in March…
Senators Want More Details on 2-Carrier Buy, LCS Requirement Before Supporting Additional Shipbuilding Funds
The Senate Armed Services Committee is looking for more information from the Navy before it will support buying additional ships…
Mattis Defends Trump Administration’s Call for Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons
Defense Secretary James Mattis called Moscow’s strategy of threatening to use low-yield nuclear weapons to get its way “bellicose and…
General Dynamic Electric Boat To Invest $852M to Expand Groton Shipyard
General Dynamics Electric Boat is spending about half of its previously announced $1.7 billion multi-year capital expenditure plan on upgrading its…