Marines: Next Generation LX(R) Capacity Key to Operating America-class Amphibious Ready Groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The capacity the planned LX(R) amphibious warship will bring to the Navy and Marine Corps Amphibious Ready…
House Appropriators Trim Shipbuilding Programs, Fund 7 Growlers
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to $138 million in advance procurement funding as going towards the T-AO(X)…
SASC Adds $1.7B to Navy Shipbuilding to Aid Ohio Replacement Funding Later On
The Senate Armed Services Committee poured nearly $1.7 billion into the Navy’s shipbuilding budget for Fiscal Year 2016 beyond the…
HASC Mark Adds $120 Million for 3 Destroyer Combat System Upgrades, Money for Missiles
The House Armed Services Committee added $120 million to pay for a total of three Aegis combat system upgrades to…
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 to Compete LHA-8 and 6 Oilers to HII, NASSCO
The Navy plans to open a limited competition between General Dynamics NASSCO and Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding for…
Stackley: Navy Needs to Develop Weapons Faster, Congress Should Rollback Restrictive Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy’s chief weapons buyer called on Congress to rollback restrictive legislation that creates unnecessary bureaucracy and…
Top Stories 2014: U.S. Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
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…