Sequestration Will Not Delay Next Generation Boomer
The Ohio Class Replacement nuclear ballistic submarine (SSBN) program will not be delayed due to Navy budget cuts from mandated…
Navy Filling Personnel Gaps
The Navy’s personnel chief says the service has been making steady progress in reducing the 10,000 skill-set gaps between sea…
HII Wins $2.6 billion Lincoln Refueling Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has won a $2.6 billion contract for the refueling and complex overhaul of the nuclear aircraft…
New Defense Bill Puts Lincoln Refueling Back on Track
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) has arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding facility to begin its mid-life refueling…
Weather Delays Kearsarge ARG Deployment Until Monday
The deployment of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group is being pushed back until Monday due to weather, a U.S. Fleet…
House Passes Pentagon Spending Bill
The House passed a full Fiscal Year 2013 spending bill allowing the military more flexibility in programming sequestration cuts on…
House Offers DoD Budget Scalpel Instead of Axe
The U.S. House of Representatives revealed a stopgap bill to allow the Department of Defense more flexibility to apply cuts…
Updated: NASSCO Could Layoff 730 Due to DoD Budget Cuts
This story was updated from a previous version to include a statement from NASSCO. Shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO could lay…
CRS Report on Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress
This Feb. 14 report from the Congressional Research Service details developments in the Arleigh Burke and Zumwalt destroyer classes as background information for Congress.…
Briefing: ‘Virtually All’ Navy Civilians Face Furlough
In the event of sequestration, U.S. Navy civilians could face a loss 22 days of their income for Fiscal Year…