Navy Has Started Two Cruiser Modernizations, Long Term Plan Still Pending
While the Navy’s long range cruiser program is still in flux, the modernization effort for the Navy’s Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) guided…
Document: CBO Report on the U.S. Navy’s Fiscal Year 2015 Shipbuilding Plan
The following is the Congressional Budget Office’s Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2015 Shipbuilding Plan, released on Dec. 15,…
Opinion: U.S. Carrier Force is a Cost Effective National Security Asset
“What kind of navy do Americans want?” columnist George F. Will asked in an August Washington Post commentary. “The answer…
NAVSEA Chief Talks Risk, Cyber and A New Era of Naval Shipbuilding
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The head of the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding and maintenance arm spends a lot of time thinking about risk. The…
VCNO Howard: ‘Not A Lot of Optimism’ Sequester Will End
NORFOLK, VA. — The sequestration restrictions on military funding are not likely to go away anytime soon and could result…
Fleet Forces Swap Truman and Eisenhower Carrier Deployments
The U.S. Navy is swapping the order of planned deployments for carriers USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and USS Dwight…
Sunk, Scrapped or Saved: The Fate of America’s Aircraft Carriers
American aircraft carriers at their peak are the queens of the high seas, outclassing even America’s nearest peer competitors. They’re…
Report: Navy’s 306 Ship Goal Faces Multiple Obstacles
In the U.S. Navy’s perfect world, the service will reach its goal of a 306-ship fleet by 2020, according to…
The U.S. Navy’s Secret Counter-Stealth Weapon Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight
The Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye maybe the U.S. Navy’s secret weapon against the emerging threat of enemy fifth-generation stealth…
Fatal Knighthawk Crash Partially Blamed on Destroyer Skipper, Crew
The Navy is laying partial blame for the September death of two MH-60S Knightwhawk aviators on the skipper and crew…