Report to Congress on Navy Medium Landing Ship
The following is the Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) (Previously Light Amphibious Warship [LAW]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress on April 24, 2024..…
Mabus: F-35 Will Be ‘Last Manned Strike Fighter’ the Navy, Marines ‘Will Ever Buy or Fly’
This post has been updated to include a comment from Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.). NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Secretary of the…
Frigate Will Leverage Littoral Combat Ship Testing, Focus on New Combat Systems
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy’s new frigate will go through the requirements-generation and testing processes as a flight upgrade…
NAVAIR: Aerial Refueling Will End X-47B Test Program, Salty Dogs Bound for Museums or Boneyard
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — There are no plans to extend the testing for its Unmanned Carrier Air Vehicle demonstrator (UCAS-D)…
Navy Created Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council to Coordinate Experimentation
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy has stood up an Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council at the Pentagon to look…
USS America Performing Well in Trials; Shipbuilder Looking for Further Efficiencies
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Post-delivery testing on USS America (LHA-6) went far more smoothly than on previous big-decks, and the Navy…
NAVSEA Details At Sea 2016 Railgun Test on JHSV Trenton
Next year Naval Sea Systems Command will conduct the first at sea test of its electromagnetic railgun, hurling a guided…
Navy Further Extending Life of Already-Extended LCACs Until Replacement Delivers in 2017
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy is further extending the life of Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs) that have already gone…
Lockheed Martin Examining Anti-Air Warfare Capability for Aegis Ashore
Since the following story was posted, Lockheed Martin has said it was not currently studying adding an anti-air warfare (AAW)…
Document: Rep. Randy Forbes Speech to D.C. Area Submarine Association
The following is the text of an April 10, 2015 speech given by Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) at the D.C. Area…
USS Fort Worth Successfully Tested Overseas Maintenance Outside of Singapore Hub
The second Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has proven so much more reliable than the first that the Navy has…