SECNAV Mabus to Hold Harvey Milk Ship Naming Ceremony in San Francisco
THE PENTAGON – Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will hold a ceremony in San Francisco next week to officially…
Industry: Potential $20 Billion U.S. Naval Sale to Saudi Arabia Picking Up Steam
The $20 billion dollar recapitalization of Saudi Arabia’s eastern fleet is beginning to pick up steam again after several years…
GAO Upholds Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter Award
The Government Accountability Office has upheld three contract award made by the Coast Guard for preliminary and contract design (P&CD)…
Document: Coast Guard Cutter Report to Congress
The following is from the April, 9 2014 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement.…
Interview: Zumwalt Commander Capt. James Kirk
USNI News contributor Cmdr. Daniel Dolan, interviewed the commander of Zumwalt (DDG-1000), Capt. James Kirk, on 31 March. The ship—first…
Huntington Ingalls and VT Halter Marine Protest Coast Guard Cutter Design Contract Awards
Huntington Ingalls Industries and VT Halter Marine have filed a protest over the design contract awards for the Coast Guard’s…
Coast Guard Chief Papp: Service ‘Shouldn’t Bear Full Brunt’ of New Icebreaker Cost
The Coast Guard will likely need help from other government agencies to fund its proposed new $1 billion heavy icebreaker…
What’s Next After LCS?
On Monday the Pentagon capped the Littoral Combat Ship program at 32 ships and the Navy has been tasked with…
Top Stories 2013: U.S. Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Bath Launches First Zumwalt
With little fanfare or pomp, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) floated the first of the next-generation Zumwalt-class guided missile…