USS Ross Leaves Black Sea June 3, 2015 10:16 AM The guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG- 71) departed the Black Sea on Wednesday after an 11-day cruise of the…
VIDEO: U.S. Navy Denies Russian Fighters Chased Off Destroyer USS Ross in Black Sea June 2, 2015 10:18 AM - Updated: June 2, 2015 11:56 AM This post has been updated to include a June 1, 2015 U.S. 6th Fleet video of a Sukhoi SU-24 Fencer…
Document: Report to Congress on Navy Destroyer Programs April 3, 2015 10:19 AM The following is the March 24, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues…
Navy Again Reduces Scope of Destroyer Modernization, 5 Ships Won’t Receive Any Ballistic Missile Defense Upgrades March 3, 2015 1:55 PM - Updated: March 4, 2015 7:24 AM This post has been updated from an earlier version to include a statement from Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) — chairman…
Top Stories 2014: U.S. Navy Acquisition December 22, 2014 3:56 PM - Updated: December 29, 2014 8:37 AM USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Navy Moving Two Additional BMD Destroyers To Japan October 17, 2014 10:38 AM Two guided missile destroyers with the U.S. Navy’s latest ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems will be added to the service’s…
Two Final U.S. Navy Patrol Ships Arrive in Middle East August 14, 2014 1:22 PM - Updated: August 15, 2014 8:13 AM The two final Cyclone-class patrol ships (PC) arrived in Bahrain this week, bringing the total PC count in U.S. 5th…
Navy Cancelled New Destroyer Flight Due to Ohio Replacement Submarine Costs July 14, 2014 4:43 PM - Updated: July 15, 2014 1:14 PM The looming hit to the shipbuilding budget from the Navy’s plan to build 12 new nuclear ballistic missile submarines resulted…
Navy Moves More Patrol Craft to 5th Fleet July 10, 2014 12:00 PM - Updated: July 10, 2014 3:07 PM The U.S. Navy has sent two additional Cyclone-class patrol craft (PC) to U.S. 5th Fleet to increase U.S. naval presence…
USS Bataan Enters Persian Gulf, Nine U.S. Ships Now in Region July 8, 2014 5:05 PM In a rare concurrence of events, a carrier strike group and all three ships of a Navy Amphibious Ready Group…