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.…
SECNAV Mabus Reflects on Time in the Pentagon
The biggest surprise Navy Secretary Ray Mabus had when he took office was how slowly the bureaucracy moves and the…
Navy Adds Transparency, Strategy Provisions to Budget Process
Navy leadership will change how it crafts its budget in an effort to focus on strategic needs rather than starting the process…
U.K. Revives Dreadnought Name for Successor SSBNs
LONDON — The first of the Royal Navy’s future ballistic nuclear missile submarines will be known as HMS Dreadnought, the…
Unmanned Warrior 2016 Exercise In U.K. Puts Emerging Technology In Warfighters’ Hands
Dozens of unmanned systems have been operating off the northwest coast of Scotland as part of the first-ever Unmanned Warrior…
Destroyer Zumwalt’s Commissioning Ceremony Latest in Long Tradition
On Saturday, the guided missile destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000) will formally enter the U.S. Navy fleet in Baltimore in an act…
Interview: Rear Adm. Robert Girrier on the Future of the Navy’s Unmanned Systems
THE PENTAGON — One year into his job as the inaugural director of unmanned warfare systems (OPNAV N99), Rear Adm.…
Columbia Class Milestone B Decision Set For November After Shipyard Deep Dive This Week
Navy and Pentagon acquisition officials this week spent a day at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Connecticut and Rhode Island,…
Navy Awards $101M To Electric Boat To Build SSBN Missile Tubes; UK Enters Manufacturing Phase On Successor-Class
The U.S. Navy and U.K. Royal Navy’s replacement ballistic missile submarine programs both took steps forward this week, with the…
Report to Congress on Columbia Class Submarine Program
The following is the Oct. 3, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program:…
CNO Richardson: Navy Shelving A2/AD Acronym
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Pentagon terms-of-the-moment go, Anti-Access-Area Denial has been on the forefront of strategic conversation across the services…