Crowded Newport News Shipbuilding Pushing Carrier Work to Other Yards
NORFOLK, Va. – America’s only nuclear aircraft carrier shipyard is running out of room.…
Navy Talks Details on LCS Mine Countermeasures Mission Package
After several years of delays, the Navy’s mine countermeasures mission package for the Littoral Combat Ship has finally reached its…
RIMPAC Testing Will Inform the Fate of Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle
The manned-unmanned teaming experimentation currently underway at the biennial Rim of the Pacific 2022 exercise will help the Navy decide…
Navy Taps One-Star To Drive LCS Program Improvements
The Navy has installed a one-star admiral to oversee a task force focused on refining the employment, maintenance and reliability…
Navy Developing Land-Based Unmanned Vehicle Testing Sites as Early Design Work Continues
The Navy is making arrangements for land-based testing of its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel prototype and eyeing similar plans for…
Navy Working on Better Maintainability, Self-Sufficiency for LCS and Rest of Surface Fleet
Navy officials in Washington and on the waterfront are trying to help the Littoral Combat Ships grow more reliable and…
Naval Surface Forces Kicks Off Follow-On LCS Study To Refine Maintenance, Reliability Issues
The Navy kicked off another study of the Littoral Combat Ship that is meant to follow up on the major…
Navy to Use Sea Hunter in Fleet Exercises as Unmanned Systems Experimentation Continues
As the Navy experiments with its unmanned surface vehicle prototypes, the service plans to employ the Sea Hunter Medium USV…
Navy Pushing to Maintain 2023 USV Program of Record Timeline
Several Navy program officials and resource sponsors today outlined how they’ll spend the next couple years giving Congress enough confidence…
6 Companies Awarded Contracts to Start Work on Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle
The Navy today awarded six companies contracts to take the first steps in determining what the service’s Large Unmanned Surface…