The following is the April 1, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China. Read More
Thursday, November 24, 2022
SECDEF Austin, Chinese Defense Minister Meet, Stress Need to Keep Lines of Communication Open
Monday, November 21, 2022
USS Zumwalt’s Recent Pacific Underway is ‘First Step’ for Future of the Class, Says PACFLEET Commander
The Basics: How the U.S. Marines Fight
U.S. Marines from Expeditionary Strike Group One, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit wade ashore from a landing craft. US Navy Photo
The Basics is the new USNI News video feature in which our staff takes on fundamental concepts, jobs and missions inside the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and breaks them down for those who might not be as familiar with the ins and outs of the Sea Services. This month we explain the building blocks of the U.S. Marine Corps, the Marine Air-Ground Task Force, with Col. Patrick Keane, the Deputy Director of the MAGTF Staff Training Program at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Read More
Stackley: Arleigh Burke Flight III Destroyer, Air Missile Defense Radar Development On Track
An artist’s conception of a Raytheon’s SPY-6 radar on a Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer . Raytheon Image
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy’s chief acquisition officer said despite recent shifts in its destroyer acquisition outlook – the service’s program to put a next generation radar on a Flight III Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyer (DDG-51) hull is on track. Read More
Navy Could Accelerate LX(R) to 2019 Start, Industry’s 2018 Request Not Feasible
San Antonio-class amphib Portland launches at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Saturday. HII Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy could pull the first LX(R) dock landing ship replacement up a year, from Fiscal Year 2020 to 2019, to address vendor needs, but it could not buy the ship in 2018 as an industrial base coalition has requested, the service’s acquisition chief said Wednesday in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Read More
Stackley: RMMV, CUSV, Knifefish Will All Play a Role in LCS Minehunting; Not a Competition
Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle. Textron photo.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy will rotate three different unmanned vehicles into its Littoral Combat Ship mine countermeasures mission package to fill a primary minehunting role, rather than competing the three vehicles as the service previously announced. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Submarine Program
The following is the March 31, 2016 Congressional Research Service report Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
NAVSEA On ‘Road to Recovery’ To Rebuilding Naval Shipyard Workforce
An undated photo of a worker at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. US Navy Photo
The Naval Sea Systems Command “is well down the road to recovery” in rebuilding the Navy’s shipyard civilian workforce, but there is a bow wave of experience that was lost three years ago—through a long hiring and pay freeze and across-the-board cuts to facilities—that it has to overcome, the Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommittee was told Tuesday. Read More
Navy Requires $450 Million More to Complete Zumwalt-Class Due to Shipyard Performance
DDG-1000 under construction in 2013. US Navy Photo via General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
The procurement cost of the three-ship destroyer Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) has increased by $449.5 million since last years largely shipyard performance issues in the construction of the ships at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, several Navy and congressional sources told USNI News. Read More
Survey Results: What is The Greatest Warship of All Time?
USNI News asked its readers, “What is the greatest warship of all time and why?” Though what makes a warship great is highly subjective, our readers offered their education and expertise to put forth their ideas as to what the answer to that question should be. And with nearly 900 reader-generated answers and more than 26,000 votes, the results are in. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Policy and Iran
The following is the March 30, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Iran: Politics, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy. Read More
