Navy Sees No Easy Answer to Balance Future Surface Fleet
THE PENTAGON – Based on the Navy’s current vision of its future fleet, the service will be too top-heavy in the coming…
Arleigh Burke Program Manager: Flight III Production ‘On Track’
This post has been updated to clarify that a new program office for the large surface combatant has not yet…
Navy’s Next Large Surface Combatant Will Draw From DDG-51, DDG-1000 — But Don’t Call it a Destroyer Yet
THE PENTAGON – The Navy will buy the first of its Future Surface Combatants in 2023 – a large warship that…
PEO Ships: Future Surface Combatant Hull Still Undecided, But Will Use Flight III DDG-51 Combat System
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s vision of what its next large surface combatant will look like still remains unclear, but…
Navy Releases RFP for Multi-Year Flight III Arleigh Burke Destroyer Buy
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Navy released the final request for proposal today for a multi-year contract to build the Flight III…
Top Stories 2017: U.S. Navy Acquisition and Maintenance
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
DDG-51 Flight III Design Efforts Nearly Complete; Radar, Power Systems Testing in 2018
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program office has completed 3D modeling of its Flight III design upgrade…
House Armed Services Committee Debates Hypoxia, LCS Buys, CVN-78 Shock Trials, Flight III Upgrade Schedule
The House Armed Services Committee passed its annual defense bill on Thursday after a 14-hour markup, sending the bill to…
Raytheon Awarded $92M Navy Contract for Future Carrier, Big Deck AESA Radars
Radar maker Raytheon has been awarded a $92 million contract to develop a new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar…
Long-Range Ship Plan: Navy to Pursue Block Buys for DDGs in 2018, SSNs in 2019
The Navy told Congress it would pursue a 10-ship multiyear procurement contract for its Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in…