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.…
Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth Sidelined in Singapore with Propulsion System Damage
The Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) has been sidelined for an indefinite period in Singapore following a casualty…
Textron: Ship-to-Shore Connector Will Be Simpler To Operate, More Maintainable Than Current LCACs
The Navy’s next generation of surface connectors will be more reliable and less costly to operate after the Navy designed…
Essay: An Acquisition System to Enable American Seapower
In order for a coherent vision of modern American seapower to move forward in providing the lion’s share of this…
Navy Declares IOC On Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship; Future Of Mine Warfare Package Still Unclear
The Navy declared initial operational capability on the Independence variant of the Littoral Combat Ship last month, a formal step…
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Names
The following is the Jan. 8, 2016 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, U.S. Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress.…
PEO LCS Barred From Deploying Early Version Of Anti-Sub Mission Package
The Navy will not be able to send its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission package out to sea this year as…
Head of Chinese Navy Defends South China Sea Moves in Teleconference with CNO Richardson
The head of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy told his U.S. counterpart the installations China has constructed in the…
U.S. Fleet Forces: New Deployment Plan Designed to Create Sustainable Naval Force
This post has been updated to clarify the name and role of the Navy’s warfighting development centers. NAVAL STATION NORFOLK,…
Missile Defense Agency Head Syring on North Korean Nuclear Tests
While terming North Korea’s most recent nuclear tests “alarming and provoking,” the director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said…
Opinion: To Win Without Fighting in Iran
A week full of news about Iran began with the crews of two U.S. Navy small boats being apprehended by…