Delivery Schedule for Bath Iron Works Destroyers Under Navy Review, Further Delays Likely
The Navy is considering extending by several months the delivery dates for the first two restart General Dynamics Bath Iron…
SECNAV Mabus, Maine Delegation Back Third Zumwalt Construction
PENTAGON — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and the Maine congressional delegation have thrown their support behind finishing the…
Destroyer Named for MCPON Delbert D. Black Starts Fabrication
Huntington Ingalls Industries and the Navy marked the start of fabrication for a guided missile destroyer named after Master Chief…
Delays in Zumwalt Destroyer Program Hamper Production of DDG-51s at Bath Iron Works
Delays in the construction of the first two of three next-generation Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) guided missile destroyers at the General Dynamics…
NAVSEA Details At Sea 2016 Railgun Test on JHSV Trenton
Next year Naval Sea Systems Command will conduct the first at sea test of its electromagnetic railgun, hurling a guided…
Long-Range Ship Plan: Navy to Pursue Block Buys for DDGs in 2018, SSNs in 2019
The Navy told Congress it would pursue a 10-ship multiyear procurement contract for its Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in…
Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches First Ship Since Destroyer Program Restart
Ingalls Shipbuilding launched the first destroyer in four years at its yard in Pascagoula, Miss., on Saturday, marking the return…
SECNAV Mabus Names Destroyer After First MCPON Delbert D. Black
The guided missile destroyer DDG-119 will bear the name of the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, MCPON…
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…
Navy Considering Railgun for Third Zumwalt Destroyer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Engineering studies to include an electromagnetic railgun on a Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000) have started at Naval Sea Systems…