GAO 2025 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment
The following is the June 11, 2025, Government Accountability Office report, Weapon Systems Annual Assessment DOD Leaders Should Ensure That Newer Programs Are Structured for Speed and Innovation.…
Eugene P. Wilkinson: Nuclear Navy Pioneer
The following is an excerpt from the introduction of Vice Adm. Eugene Parks Wilkinson’s oral history for the U.S. Naval Institute. Parks…
Navy to Decommission 7 Frigates, MCM and SSN.
Seven Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates are up for Foreign Military Sale (FMS), according to a list of ships the Navy…
Navy Identifies Attack Sub Sailor Killed on Saturday
A sailor killed Saturday after failing off a pier-side submarine in Norfolk, Va. has been identified, Navy officials told USNI…
India Interested in Leasing Second Russian Nuclear Attack Sub
India may be interested in leasing a second nuclear attack submarine (SSN) from Russia, according to a Wednesday report from…
Philippines Exploring Allowing U.S. and Japan More Use of Bases
The Philippines plan to give greater access to U.S. and Japanese allies to military bases including the former U.S. Naval…
Navy Develops Torpedo Killing Torpedo
The Navy has taken its first steps to develop a weapon designed to intercept and destroy guided enemy torpedoes immune…
Women Could Serve in Navy Riverine Units by October, SEALs by 2016
The Navy will issue a report to the Pentagon by July on the service’s plan to allow women to serve…
Opinion: Sequestration is Here
The dirty word spreading across the U.S. Navy and the larger defense establishment this year is “sequestration.” It was never…
McCoy Departs NAVSEA
Long serving Naval Sea Systems Command commander, Vice Adm. Kevin McCoy retired after five years on duty as the Navy’s…
Document: U.S. Military Relations with China
China has accepted an invitation from the U.S. to join the 2014 Rim of the Pacific naval exercises off of…