Royal Australian Air Force Reactivating Squadron to Operate New MQ-4C Tritons
The Royal Australian Air Force will reactivate a squadron for the three MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles it will start…
GAO Report on Predictive Maintenance on Weapon Systems
The following is the December 2022 Government Accountability Office report, Military Readiness: Actions Needed to Further Implement Predictive Maintenance on…
NAVSEA: Navy ‘Struggling’ to Get Attack Subs Out of Repairs on Time as Demand Increases
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Less than a third of the Navy’s attack submarines have made it out of maintenance on…
Submarine Training Facility San Diego Commander Relieved Following Command Investigation
This story has been updated to correct Cmdr. Jared Severson’s previous position. The Navy relieved the commanding officer of the…
CBO: Navy Still Needs Bigger Workforce To Dig Out of Submarine Maintenance Backlog
The Navy still has major challenges in digging out of its longstanding submarine maintenance backlog even after growing the workforce…
Navy Looking to Accelerate Effort to Revitalize Public Shipyards Amid Lawmaker Concerns
The Navy is evaluating how it can speed up the timeline for its initiative to renovate aging public shipyards amid…
Navy’s Infamous INSURV Reports Set to End This Year Unless Congress Acts
A long-standing independent report on the health of the U.S. Navy is set to end this year unless Congress acts,…
INSURV Inspections Found Lower Material Readiness on Surface Ships, Subs
Navy ship readiness has trended down over the past three years, with many ship systems on surface ships and submarines,…
NATO Anti-Sub Exercise Dynamic Manta 2021 Will Include French Carrier Strike Group, U.S. Attack Boat
NATO kicked off its annual Dynamic Manta anti-submarine warfare exercise today in the Mediterranean, with this year’s iteration including an…
NAVSEA Says Attack Sub Repairs Much Improved as USS Boise Enters Yard Following 4-Year Wait
After years of struggling to conduct attack submarine maintenance – with the four public naval shipyards prioritizing SSN work last,…