Columbia-class Submarine Program Passes Milestone B Decision, Can Begin Detail Design
The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program passed its Milestone B decision review and can move into detail design, an official…
Top Stories 2016: U.S. Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
SECNAV Mabus to Officially Designate First ORP Boat USS Columbia (SSBN-826)
The Navy will formally name the first-in-class ballistic missile submarine USS Columbia (SSBN-826) in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon.…
New Continuing Resolution Would Allow Ohio Replacement Program To Move Forward
The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee introduced a continuing resolution today that would fund the government through April 28,…
Congress Set To Extend Continuing Resolution; Puts Ohio Replacement, Shipbuilding Contracts At Risk
Lawmakers will not pass a Fiscal Year 2017 budget before the Trump administration takes office and will instead extend the…
Document: Report to Congress on Columbia Class Submarine Program
The following is the Oct. 25, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program:…
PEO Subs Working To Buy Back Schedule in Ohio Replacement Program
The Program Executive Office for Submarines is working to create schedule and cost efficiencies on the Ohio Replacement (Columbia class)…
U.K. Revives Dreadnought Name for Successor SSBNs
LONDON — The first of the Royal Navy’s future ballistic nuclear missile submarines will be known as HMS Dreadnought, the…
Columbia Class Milestone B Decision Set For November After Shipyard Deep Dive This Week
Navy and Pentagon acquisition officials this week spent a day at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Connecticut and Rhode Island,…
Navy Awards $101M To Electric Boat To Build SSBN Missile Tubes; UK Enters Manufacturing Phase On Successor-Class
The U.S. Navy and U.K. Royal Navy’s replacement ballistic missile submarine programs both took steps forward this week, with the…