Navy Completes Third Round of NASA Orion Testing
The amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD-23) completed a third set of underway recovery tests for the NASA Orion spacecraft…
Navy Swaps Out Anti-Swarm Boat Guns on DDG-1000s
The Navy has replaced two 57mm guns planned on the Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer designed to fight off swarm boat…
Navy and NASA Team Up For More Orion Capsule Recovery Tests
The U.S. Navy and NASA are currently conducting a second round of at sea testing on board USS Anchorage (LPD-23)…
Cost Continues To Drive Quest For Next Amphib
The Navy is intent on squeezing every dollar it can out of its next generation amphibious warship program ahead of…
Dunford Backs Building 12th San Antonio-Class Warship
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Pentagon’s pick to lead the Marine Corps, told Congress on Thursday he backs a congressional plan…
NAVSEA: Affordability Prompted Second Look at LX(R)
The Navy’s second look at the requirements and design of its next amphibious warship is walking the line between capability…
Document: Report to Congress on the Navy’s Next Amphibious Warship
The following is the May 12, 2014 Congressional Research Service report, Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for…
Opinion: Nation Must Preserve Shipbuilding Industry
In the 1960s our nation was fixated with President John F. Kennedy’s vision to have a man on the moon…
Marines Prepare for Smaller Force Due to Budget Woes
The Marine Corps is preparing for its new normal with a force of 175,000, that plans to operate under the…
Twenty Former Marine Generals Want More Money for Amphibs
A constellation of twenty former U.S. Marine Corps generals — including a former commandant —wrote Congress to “highlight concerns,” on…