Navy Names Attack Boat After Rickover
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will name the fifth Block IV Virginia-class nuclear attack boat (SSN-774) after the father…
Document: SECNAV Instruction on Electromagnetic Spectrum Policy
The following is the Dec. 19, 2014 Secretary of the Navy Instruction on U.S. Navy electromagnetic policy and management.…
Navy Rescinds Bill Cosby’s Honorary Chief Petty Officer Title
Following mounting allegations of sexual assault from several women, the U.S. Navy has rescinded a 2011 honorary title bestowed upon…
Why the Navy Wants More Growlers
The Navy is eyeing expanding its fleet of electronic attack aircraft to better fit into the service’s next generation plan…
Navy’s New ‘Battle Force’ Tally to Include Hospital Ships and Small Patrol Craft
This post was updated from its original version to include a reaction from Rep Randy Forbes (R-Va.), chairman of the House…
Document: SECNAV Mabus Calls for Port Services Audit
Following the recent criminal investigations into abuses in port servicing contracts for U.S. Navy ships, Secretary of the Navy Ray…
Report: Some in Industry Concerned with Shift in UCLASS Requirements
Some potential builders of the Navy’s planned Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) are worried a shift in focus to…
UCLASS Acquisition Raises Questions in Congress
In a letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus on Tuesday, members of Congress questioned the Pentagon’s direction in…
Document: Navy Ship Naming Conventions
From June, 12 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Navy Ship Names For ship types now being procured for the Navy, or…
SECNAV Names Next Two Destroyers
The Navy said it would name its next two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers after a former U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye…