Opinion: Commonality Drives Savings in Shipbuilding
Certainly commonality is not the final and only answer to cost savings. Given the current national defense priorities and a…
HII Launches Murtha Amphibious Warship
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post said the late John P. Murtha was a senator from Pennsylvania. He was…
Dunford Backs Building 12th San Antonio-Class Warship
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Pentagon’s pick to lead the Marine Corps, told Congress on Thursday he backs a congressional plan…
NAVSEA: Affordability Prompted Second Look at LX(R)
The Navy’s second look at the requirements and design of its next amphibious warship is walking the line between capability…
Document: Report to Congress on the Navy’s Next Amphibious Warship
The following is the May 12, 2014 Congressional Research Service report, Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for…
Opinion: Nation Must Preserve Shipbuilding Industry
In the 1960s our nation was fixated with President John F. Kennedy’s vision to have a man on the moon…
Twenty Former Marine Generals Want More Money for Amphibs
A constellation of twenty former U.S. Marine Corps generals — including a former commandant —wrote Congress to “highlight concerns,” on…
Amphib Leaves San Diego for NASA Recovery Test
Amphibious warship USS San Diego (LPD-22) left Naval Station San Diego, Calif. on Tuesday for an open ocean recovery test…
U.S. Navy Shuffle Japan-based Minesweepers and Amphibious Ship
The U.S. Navy is in the process of switching out a number of warships forward deployed to Japan with newer…
NASA and Navy Test Capsule Recovery Plan
The Navy and NASA conducted tests this week in Norfolk, Va. to prove that a San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious warship…