Missile Launcher Contract Gives Hints to Saudi Arabia’s Naval Expansion
A little noticed December contract award for the missile launchers used as part of the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Combat System…
LCS Fort Worth Joins Airliner Search
The Navy’s forward deployed Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) has joined in the search for the missing Air…
Top Stories 2014: U.S. Navy Operations
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Navy: Fleet Put LCS Follow-on Focus on Surface and Sub Threats, Not Air
PENTAGON — Navy operators said the service’s next small surface combatant (SSC) top priorities should be fighting other surface ships at…
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,…
Up Gunned LCS Hulls Picked for Navy’s Next Small Surface Combatant
PENTAGON — The Navy will beef up the weapons, armor and sensors on its two existing classes of Littoral Combat…
Document: Small Surface Combatant Factsheet
The following is Dec. 11, 2014 fact sheet on the results of the Navy’s recent Small Surface Combatant study.…
USS Fort Worth LCS Chops to 7th Fleet
The Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Forth Worth (LCS-3) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in the…
Hagel Will Still Make Final Call on LCS Follow On
Despite the announcement of his resignation, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will continue to, “keep his foot on the pedal…
Expert: Navy Should Revise Outer Air Battle Concept
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One way to restore offensive punch to the surface Navy is to discard the idea of Outer…