Jay Stefany to Lead Navy’s New Maritime Industrial Base Program Office
The Navy is standing up a new maritime industrial base program office and has tapped one of its career civil servants to take the helm.…
Opinion: Military Pay and Benefits Unsustainable
Study after study show that the U.S. military’s pay and compensation system is unsustainable. Defense experts from all across the…
NAVAIR: P-8A Poseidon Ready for Deployment
The Navy’s next-generation manned maritime information, surveillance and reconnaissance has been certified to enter regular service, according to a Naval…
Retired Admiral and Biofuel Fan Nominated to be Navy Energy Chief
The Obama administration has selected a renewable energy advocate and retired admiral to be the Navy’s new energy chief, according…
Lawmakers Want to Suspend Egyptian Military Aid
In the wake of the public uprising that deposed former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen.…
Navy Awards Raytheon $276 million Next Generation Jammer Contract
Raytheon has won a $276 million contract to develop the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) for the service’s electronic attack…
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…
NAVSEA Awards Three Contracts for Oiler Development
Naval Sea Systems Command has issued three contracts to shipyards for work toward the Navy’s next-generation fleet oiler (T-AO(X)). General…
Underwater Art Galleries Keep Memory of Ships Alive
Austrian artist Andreas Franke has turned an artificial reef made from the hull of a World War II Coast Guard…
NAVSEA: LCS Missile Competition Could Start Next Year
The U.S. Navy could start its investigation into its new surface-to-surface missile for its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program as…
Military Sealift Command Will Keep WestPac Until 2014
U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) is exercising a contract option on a high-speed aluminum catamaran used to transport U.S. Marines…