HASC Expands Ohio Replacement Funding Source, Hopes to Bump LX(R) Start to 2018
The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee wants changes allowing two upcoming ship classes to get off to a…
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…
Navy Ups Its Fleet Size Goal to 308 Ships By Fiscal Year 2020
Adm. Jonathan Greenert - The Navy has increased its force structure goal by two ships, saying it would like to…
Omnibus Spending Bill Includes Money for 15 Growlers, 12th San Antonio
The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill from Congress includes $1.46 billion for 15 Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft and…
Navy Successfully Completes NASA Orion Test Mission
Friday’s successful test of NASA’s reusable Orion capsule was a first for the space agency and a renewal of a…
What the Navy’s Next Generation Amphibious Ship Could Look Like
NORFOLK, VA — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has revised its plan to use the hull form of the San Antonio-class…
Navy Starts Design Work On Next Generation Amphibious Warship
NORFOLK, VA — Early design work on the Navy’s next generation amphibious warship — based on the San Antonio-class (LPD-17)…
Opinion: Choosing San Antonio for Next Generation Amphib is the Right Decision at the Right Time
Over the past several months the Navy’s requirement to replace the Whidbey Island/Harpers Ferry-class LSD amphibious warships has been debated. The…
HII Launches Murtha Amphibious Warship
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post said the late John P. Murtha was a senator from Pennsylvania. He was…
Memo: Hull Based on San Antonio Design is Navy’s Preferred Option for Next Generation Amphib
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has signed an internal memo recommending the service base its next generation amphibious warship…