Report to Congress on SSN(X) Next-Generation Attack Submarine
The following is the July 23, 2023, Congressional Research In Focus report, Navy Next-Generation Attack Submarine (SSN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.…
Report: Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program
From the March, 27 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The Navy’s proposed FY2013 budget requests $564.9 million for continued research…
Report: Changes in the Arctic
From the March 28, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities…
NATO’s Maritime Strategy and the Libya Crisis as Seen from the Sea
The following is a paper from the NATO Defense College Rome, published in March, 2013. From the report: In case you did not know,…
James Cameron Gives Record Breaking Sub to Woods Hole
Avatar and Titanic director James Cameron has given his DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to help further research efforts in…
Report: U.S. and New Zealand Forming Closer Ties
From the March, 8 Congressional Research Service report titled, New Zealand: U.S. Security Cooperation and the U.S. Rebalancing to Asia…
USS Miami Arsonist Gets 17 years in Prison
The admitted arsonist that set fire to the nuclear attack submarine USS Miami was sentenced to 17 years in federal…
Senate Wants a ‘USS Ted Stevens’
The U.S. Senate has included a provision in the latest appropriations bill to name a warship after Ted Stevens, the…
CRS Report: Navy Shipbuilding Outlook
Shipbuilding and related programs that could experience execution problems under a year-long CR include the CVN-78 aircraft carrier program, the…
USS Miami Arsonist Could Get 20 Years in Prison
The worker who caused an estimated $450 million in damages to the USS Miami (SSN-755) in May in a confessed…
Adm. Bill Gortney’s Budget Cut Message to Fleet
The following is a March, 6 message from Adm. Bill Gortney, commander U.S. Fleet Forces, to the Fleet on implementation…