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.…
Navy Wants 10-Ship Unmanned ‘Ghost Fleet’ to Supplement Manned Force
THE PENTAGON – As the Navy faces more complex threats to its manned ships from Russia and China, the service…
HASC Leaders Want Navy to Explain Carrier Early Retirement, Pentagon OCO Request
This post has been updated to include comments from Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.…
Document: Department of the Navy FY 2020 Budget Summary
The following are the publically available Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2020 budget documents released on March 12, 2019.…
Navy Wants 5,000 New Sailors in FY 2020; Would Cut 3,100 Medical Personnel
THE PENTAGON — The Navy plans to shed about 3,100 medical personnel in Fiscal Year 2020 while adding 5,000 active…
Navy Budgeting $1.3B for First FFG(X) Hull; 9 Planned Over the Next Five Years
THE PENTAGON — The Navy is budgeting $1.3 billion in Fiscal Year 2020 to purchase its first-in-class guided-missile frigate and…
FY 2020 Budget: Navy Cuts Ship, Aircraft Procurement; Vows High-End Weapons Procurement
This post has been updated to include additional information from a Navy budget briefing. THE PENTAGON – The Pentagon requested a…
Board Finds ‘No Basis’ to Remove Officer Involved in USS Fitzgerald Collision from Navy
A board of inquiry moved not to separate from service a sailor who the Navy had previously charged with negligent homicide for…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 11, 2019
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Destroyer USS Zumwalt Headed to Canada as Part of First ‘Operational Underway’
This post has been updated with additional information on the status of Zumwalt’s combat system activation. Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt…
Top Navy Civilian in Charge of Bases, Housing Resigns
Phyllis Bayer, the assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment, submitted her resignation on Friday, stating she…