No New Round Planned For Zumwalt Destroyer Gun System; Navy Monitoring Industry
ARLINGTON, Va. — A year after the Navy decided to abandon the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) for the…
Document: Naval Sea Systems Command Next-Generation Frigate Briefing
The following are the Naval Sea Systems Command Jan. 9, 2017 briefing slides on the status of the Navy’s next-generation…
NAVSEA: New Navy Frigate Could Cost $950M Per Hull
This post has been updated to include additional information on the Littoral Combat Ship costs for Fiscal Year 2018. ARLINGTON,…
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…
Fire Scout to Serve as Forward Spotter for Navy Surface Ships With Addition of Radar, Datalink
The Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles will receive a new radar and datalink to set the UAV up as…
New Requirements for DDG-1000 Focus on Surface Strike
The Navy is revamping the Zumwalt-class destroyer’s requirements and will morph it into a focused surface strike platform, the director of…
Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program
The following is the Nov. 9, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.…
Document: Report to Congress on Littoral Combat Ship Program
The following is the Oct. 4, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues…
Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program
The following is the Sept. 28, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.…
Tidd: SOUTHCOM is Shifting From Tactical to Strategic Outlook in Illegal Trafficking Fight
Rather than concentrating on cutting off goods moved via illegally trafficking – people, cocaine, opioids, gold, exotic animal and plants…