Timing Of Destroyer, Attack Submarine Design Upgrades Creates Congressional Concern
The Navy wants to buy guided-missile destroyers and attack submarines in bulk but has plans to upgrade the designs of…
Navy Pushes Back Schedule for Upgraded Destroyer Program; HII Set to Build First Flight III
The Navy has reached a tentative agreement with Huntington Ingalls Industries for the shipbuilder to build the first Flight III…
Shipbuilders Want Predictable Budgets, Multi-Year Deals to Build the U.S. Navy’s 355 Ship Fleet
U.S. shipbuilding industry could support the Navy’s ambitious plan to quickly grow the fleet to 355 ships, but would need…
Navy has Found Fix for USS Zumwalt Engineering Problem
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy has found and tested a fix for an engineering problem that sidelined USS Zumwalt…
Bath Restart Destroyer Rafael Peralta Delivers to Navy
The first Bath Iron Works restart Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyer Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) delivers to the Navy last week,…
NAVSEA Still Working on USS Zumwalt Engineering Fix
Naval Sea Systems Command is still working on a fix for the engineering problems on USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) that resulted…
BIW Restart Destroyer Rafael Peralta Completes Acceptance Trials
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works first restart Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer has completed acceptance trials, according to a Wednesday…
Interview: Capt. James Kirk and USS Zumwalt
On Tuesday Capt. James Kirk turned over command of the guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) to his executive officer and…
Navy Awards Ingalls $1.46B for Final San Antonio-class Hull Construction
Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded a $1.46 billion contract modification for the construction of the last San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious warship…
Raytheon Excalibur Round Set to Replace LRLAP on Zumwalts
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post misstated the cost of an Excalibur 155mm guided round. A round plus the…