Report on Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles
The following is the Sept. 30, 2021 Congressional Research Service Report, Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles: Background and…
Middle East Will Be Next Test Bed for Drone Ships, Aircraft as Navy Expands Unmanned Effort
Full of merchant traffic and security threats, the densely packed waterways of the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and the Persian…
Navy: Large USV Will Require Small Crews for the Next Several Years
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The emerging fleet of U.S. military Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV) are set to navigate the…
Report on Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles
The following is the Aug. 2, 2021 Congressional Research Service Report, Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles: Background and…
CNO Gilday Says With Current Budget, Cutting Ships Necessary for Navy Long-term
As Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday prepares for a battle with lawmakers over a divisive plan to strike…
Navy Investigating Shipyard ‘Hot Work’ Fire Aboard USS Gettysburg
The Navy is investigating the cause of a maintenance yard fire aboard a guided-missile cruiser that sent four sailors to…
Navy Outlines Planning, Execution Failures in Cruiser Modernization Program
The Navy’s push to retire seven guided-missile cruisers stems from management and planning in its original modernization program that caused…
Huntington Ingalls to Buy Alion Science and Technology in $1.65B Deal
Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries is set to buy defense services company Alion Science and Technology for $1.65 billion, HII officials…
Lawmakers Probe Navy’s Plan to Decommission Cruisers, Navy Says Cuts Will Save $5B Across FYDP
This story has been updated to correct the number of missile cells on a Ticonderoga-class cruiser and the planned number…
Austal USA Awarded $44M to Develop Autonomous Version of Spearhead-class EPF
The builder of the Navy’s Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) has won a $44 million contract to develop an autonomous…