The following is the Nov. 9, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ohio-class Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Navy Cancelling Early Separation; Offering Extensions for Retirement, Separation
Carrier USS Harry S. Truman to Deploy to Middle East on Monday
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) gets underway in preparation for Hurricane Joaquin on Oct. 1, 2015. US Navy Photo
A previous version of this post had the incorrect hull number for carrier Harry S. Truman.
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) — centered on nuclear aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) — is slated to depart Naval Station Norfolk on Monday to join the U.S. led coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL). Read More
NAVSEA Working Towards Cyber Detection, Protection Tool For Shipboard Systems
The Navy will begin certifying machinery control systems as being cyber safe prior to deployments, much like the service does for its combat systems, NAVSEA’s chief engineer said. US Navy photo.
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and the Navy as a whole are working on several documents to spread cybersecurity awareness to the acquisition community and the fleet. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Names
The following is the Nov. 9, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. Read More
Essay: Russia’s Military Role in Syria
Screen grab from Syrian State Television
The deployment of a major Russian expeditionary force to Syria in late September resulted in a flurry of public attention and heated rumors. Read More
Navy, Industry Working Through DDG-51 Flight III Detail Design; Draft RFP For Ship Construction Released
The first grand blocks of the future USS John Finn (DDG 113) are erected on the building ways at the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, Miss. Huntington Ingalls Industries photo.
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Navy and two shipbuilders are moving forward with the Flight III upgrade to the Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers (DDG-51), which adds an air and missile defense radar to the ship class starting this fiscal year. Read More
Analyst: Doomsday Nuclear Torpedo Leak Gives Insight to Russian Strategic Mindset, Ballistic Missile Defense Anxiety
A briefing slide of the alleged Status-6 nuclear torpedo captured from Russian television via the BBC
A proposed Russian submarine launched doomsday weapon — the existence of which was almost certainly leaked by the Kremlin — gives clues to the Russian mindset for the development of new strategic weapons in the face of the West’s increasing ballistic missile defense capability and Russia’s shrinking national assets, a naval analyst told USNI News on Thursday. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Program
The following is the Nov. 5, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Navy Preparing 2 Separate Upgrades for Helicopter-Towed Minehunting System
Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Tony Lio maneuvers an AQS-24 mine locator during a mine countermeasure operation during the Rim of the Pacific 2004 exercise. US Navy photo.
The Navy’s helicopter-based mine countermeasures fleet will receive two separate upgrades in the coming years, one to address obsolescence and reliability issues in the legacy AN/AQS-24A system and one to add volume search capability. Read More
Document: The History of Veterans Day
The following is the U.S. Navy infographic: The History of Veterans Day. Read More
