Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson on Nov. 10, 2015. US Navy Photo
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Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson Commissions
USS Jackson (LCS-6) during its christening ceremony at Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala. in 2014. US Navy Photo
The sixth littoral combat ship – USS Jackson (LCS-6) – was commissioned on Saturday in a ceremony in Gulfport, Miss. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle
The following is the Dec. 3, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) and Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC): Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Ford Carrier Program Manager Reflects On Strategy To Deliver Modern Combat System
The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at ship launch in November 2013. US Navy photo.
The Ford-class aircraft carrier program offers several lessons on how to build a new ship class while designing the combat system as late as possible to incorporate new technologies, the CVN-78 program manager said at the American Society of Naval Engineers’ annual Combat Systems Symposium. Read More
Russian Mystery Submarine Likely Deployment Vehicle for New Nuclear Torpedo
A rendering of the Project 09851 nuclear submarine Khabarovsk used with permission. H I Sutton Image
Russia’s plan to create a giant nuclear torpedo capable of wiping out a costal city could be farther along than just graphics on a briefing slide and gives purpose to a mysterious nuclear submarine, currently under construction. Read More
Document: SECDEF Carter’s Implementation Guidance to Include Women in All Military Positions
The following is the Dec. 3, 2015 memorandum from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to Pentagon leaders outlining the implementation of opening all U.S. military jobs to women. Read More
Navy to Release 30-Year Combat Power Plan; Focus On Offensive Lethality, Force-Level Integration
The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) launches a Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) during a live-fire test of the ship’s Aegis Weapons System in June 2014. US Navy photo.
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Program Executive Office for Integration Combat Systems will release a first-ever 30-Year Combat Power Plan to accompany the 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan in the spring, outlining how the Navy will outfit its platforms and network its sensors to keep up with the threat environment and technological advances. Read More
Navy Accepts Fourth MUOS Communication Satellite
The MUOS-4 preparing to be launched in 2015. Lockheed Martin Photo
The fourth satellite that will make up the Navy’s high bandwidth next generation communication constellation has been accepted by the service, according to manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Read More
SECDEF Carter: All Military Specialties Will Be Open To Women, Marine Objections Overruled
Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon’s defensive position during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C. on Oct. 31, 2013. US Marine Corps Photo
All military occupational specialties in all four services — including infantry and special operations forces — will be available to women beginning next month, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced today. Read More
Navy Seeking to Extend Use of Training Ranges in California, Hawaii
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SAN DIEGO – With a trio of public informational meetings this week in San Diego and Hawaii, the Navy embarked on a familiar trek: Get federal approval to keep using sonar and explosives, along with conducting other fleet training and operations, in two key training regions off Hawaii and Southern California.
