U.S. Sub Force Commander Houston Nominated For Naval Reactors Director
This post has been updated to correct the year when Adm. Frank Caldwell graduated from the Naval Academy. The head…
U.K. Ballistic Missile Sub Crew Suffers COVID-19 Outbreak After Visit to U.S. Sub Base
More than 30 members of the crew of the U.K. Royal Navy ballistic-missile submarine HMS Vigilant (S30) have tested positive…
Release of USS Thresher Documents Delayed by COVID-19 Office Closures
The Navy is sitting on roughly 600 pages of documents related to the USS Thresher (SSN-593) sinking that a federal…
Retired Submarine Commander Sues Navy to Release USS Thresher Investigation
A retired nuclear submarine commander filed suit against the Navy to gain access to records classified for more than a…
Navy Appoints Admiral to Oversee Columbia Sub Effort
THE PENTAGON – The Navy is standing up a new Program Executive Office for Columbia, pulling the ballistic-missile submarines out…
Columbia-class Program Upping Oversight of Vendors, Components to Stave Off Further Delays
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy has no wiggle room when it comes to a planned October 2020 start of construction…
Navy, Civilian Nuclear Regulators Struggling Over How to Dismantle Former USS Enterprise
THE PENTAGON — A brewing regulatory fight between the Navy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over who should oversee a…
NCIS: U.S. Sailors, Personnel Not Involved in Florida U.K. Royal Navy Incidents
Neither U.S. sailors nor civilian personnel were involved in so-called “drug-fueled” parties with members of the crew of the U.K.…
Royal Navy Trident Missile ‘Malfunction’ Prompts Claims of U.K. Government Cover-Up
LONDON — The unshakeable reliability of Britain’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent has been called into question after a Trident II D5…
U.K. Revives Dreadnought Name for Successor SSBNs
LONDON — The first of the Royal Navy’s future ballistic nuclear missile submarines will be known as HMS Dreadnought, the…