Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Program
The following is the Nov. 5, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and…
Navy: Half the Carrier Fleet Tied Up In Maintenance, Other 5 Strained To Meet Demands
The Navy has run its 10 aircraft carriers hard since USS Enterprise (CVN-65) decommissioned in December 2012 and is now…
Navy Finds Lost U.S. Merchant Ship El Faro
A Navy team sent to the Bahamas has found the missing U.S. merchant ship SS El Faro, officials have confirmed.…
Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ship Milwaukee Delivers to Navy
The Navy has accepted the third Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship Milwaukee (LCS-5) in a Friday ceremony, the service announced.…
U.S. Navy Deploying Search Team to Find Lost Merchant Ship El Faro
At the request of the National Transportation Safety Board, the Navy is scrambling a ship and an underwater search team…
Document: Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Program
The following is the Sept. 23, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and…
Guided Missile Cruiser USS Cowpens Ceremonially Enters Modernization Period, USS Gettysburg to Follow This Week
The first in a planned series of contentious modernizations to the Navy’s guide missile cruiser fleet formally began in a…
Navy Set to Install Hybrid Electric Drives in Destroyer Fleet Staring Next Year
Next year the Navy will begin installing a hybrid electric drive (HED) system on 34 Flight IIA Arleigh Burke guided…
Reports: Saudis Interested in Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship as Part of $20B Fleet Expansion
Saudi Arabia is leaning toward buying a variant of the Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship as a key component of…
3 Virginia Attack Submarines Still Restricted as NAVSEA Investigates Questionable Welding, Rest of Fleet Cleared
Naval Sea Systems Command has isolated a series of questionable welds to the Navy’s three newest Virginia-class attack boats and…