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Navy, Marine Program Cuts Pay Biggest Share of New $4B Pentagon Border Barrier Funding

By: Sam LaGrone

February 13, 2020 2:52 PM

U.S. Northern Command border support operations at Bisbee, Arizona on Nov. 6, 2018. US Army Photo

This post has been updated with statements from shipbuilder HII, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, HASC chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and HASC ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas).

Pentagon leaders want to reroute $1.5 billion in money from two major shipbuilding programs and aircraft for the Navy and Marine Corps to support construction of $3.8 billion in new physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a copy of a Fiscal Year 2020 reprogramming request obtained by USNI News. Read More →

UPDATED: Navy’s New Shipbuilding Plan ‘Dead on Arrival,’ Lawmakers Say

By: Megan Eckstein

February 10, 2020 2:47 PM

Tripoli (LHA-7) is launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 1, 2017. US Navy Photo

This post has been updated to include information from a Feb. 10 budget briefing with Rear Adm. Randy Crites, the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for budget.

The proposed Navy shipbuilding plan that cuts a Virginia-class submarine, a frigate and an oiler that were previously planned for FY 2021 received immediate bipartisan pushback from the House and the Senate. Read More →

Navy Budget Proposal Slashes Shipbuilding in Smallest Hull Buy Since Sequestration

By: Megan Eckstein

February 10, 2020 1:30 PM

John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) leaves dry-dock in 2019. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON – The Navy’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget lays out a shipbuilding plan that would be the smallest in six years and does not begin to move the sea service towards a 355-ship fleet that relies more on smaller ships, according to budget documents. Read More →

Faller: Navy Deployments to SOUTHCOM About More Than Just Drug Trafficking

By: Sam LaGrone

February 7, 2020 5:28 PM

Sailors man the rails aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Little Rock (LCS-9) on Feb. 6, 2020

THE PENTAGON – A renewed presence of U.S. warships in Southern Command has military dimensions beyond providing a platform for law enforcement to interdict drug traffickers, the SOUTHCOM commander told USNI News this week. Read More →

SOUTHCOM Faller Lauds LCS USS Detroit Deployment, Asks For More Ships

By: Sam LaGrone

January 30, 2020 6:40 PM

USS Detroit (LCS-7) sinks a vessel as a hazard to navigation on Nov. 23, 2019. US Navy Photo

Adm. Craig Faller lauded the ongoing deployment of the Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS-7) to U.S. Southern Command while at the same time calling for more Navy support in the region. Read More →

Littoral Combat Ship Will Field Laser Weapon as Part of Lockheed Martin, Navy Test

By: Megan Eckstein

January 13, 2020 5:00 PM

Littoral combat ship Little Rock (LCS 9) is underway during a high-speed run in Lake Michigan during acceptance trials. Lockheed Martin Photo

The Navy will put a laser weapon on a Littoral Combat Ship for the first time this year, amid efforts to boost the LCS’s lethality and to develop and field a family of laser systems. Read More →

Lockheed Awarded $1.96B Construction Contract for Four Saudi Frigates

By: Sam LaGrone

December 20, 2019 9:55 PM

Artist’s concept of a Lockheed Martin Multi-Mission Surface Combatant. US Navy

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $1.96 billion detailed design and construction to build four warships for Saudi Arabia, according to a Friday contract announcement. Read More →

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate FFG(X) Program

December 17, 2019 1:48 PM

The following is the Dec. 16, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Frigate (FFG[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More →

Unmanned Vehicle Operations, Global LCS Support Informed by Ongoing Wargaming, Prototyping

By: Megan Eckstein

November 21, 2019 11:38 AM

USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) sits pierside the evening before its commissioning ceremony. US Navy Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy is conducting wargames and prototyping efforts to better understand how unmanned surface vehicles will fit into the fleet and how the Littoral Combat Ship will expand its presence around the globe. Read More →

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Navy, Marine Program Cuts Pay Biggest Share of New $4B Pentagon Border Barrier Funding

UPDATED: Navy’s New Shipbuilding Plan ‘Dead on Arrival,’ Lawmakers Say

Navy Budget Proposal Slashes Shipbuilding in Smallest Hull Buy Since Sequestration

Faller: Navy Deployments to SOUTHCOM About More Than Just Drug Trafficking

SOUTHCOM Faller Lauds LCS USS Detroit Deployment, Asks For More Ships

Littoral Combat Ship Will Field Laser Weapon as Part of Lockheed Martin, Navy Test

Top Stories 2019: U.S. Navy Acquisition

Lockheed Awarded $1.96B Construction Contract for Four Saudi Frigates

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate FFG(X) Program

Unmanned Vehicle Operations, Global LCS Support Informed by Ongoing Wargaming, Prototyping

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