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UPDATED: Pentagon Requests Just 1 Littoral Combat Ship in FY 2018 Budget Despite Navy's Industrial Base Concerns

UPDATED: Pentagon Requests Just 1 Littoral Combat Ship in FY 2018 Budget Despite Navy’s Industrial Base Concerns

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Sioux City (LCS-11) during the ship’s moveout at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine yard in Wisconsin. Lockheed Martin photo.

This post has been updated to include information from the Pentagon and Navy press conferences on the FY 2018 budget.

THE PENTAGON – The Navy intends to buy just one Littoral Combat Ship in Fiscal Year 2018 – in line with its previous long-range shipbuilding plans but not enough to keep the two yards currently building LCSs open and competitive in the upcoming frigate competition. Read More →

Wisconsin Senator: Thousands of Jobs At Risk If Navy Doesn't Buy 3 LCSs in 2018

Wisconsin Senator: Thousands of Jobs At Risk If Navy Doesn’t Buy 3 LCSs in 2018

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USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) during its acceptance trials in Lake Michigan on Sept. 16, 2015. Lockheed Martin photo.

A Wisconsin senator lobbied the president to support the Littoral Combat Ship in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2018 budget request, noting the ship class’s contribution to both the Trump Administration’s push for a larger Navy fleet and its “Buy American, Hire American” policy. Read More →

Stackley: More Capable Frigate Requires Full and Open Competition, But LCS Builders May Have Cost Advantage

Stackley: More Capable Frigate Requires Full and Open Competition, But LCS Builders May Have Cost Advantage

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Littoral Combat Ship Tulsa (LCS-16) begins to roll onto the Crowley launch barge. US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Navy reworks its frigate requirements in the hopes of fielding a more capable ship for a more dangerous world, the two current Littoral Combat Ship builders may still have a slight advantage due to their hot production lines, the acting secretary of the Navy said last night. Read More →

Carrier Ford to Begin Acceptance Trials this Month; Navy Expects Quick Delivery Afterwards

Carrier Ford to Begin Acceptance Trials this Month; Navy Expects Quick Delivery Afterwards

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The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) pulls into Naval Station Norfolk for the first time, upon completion of the ship’s builders trials. HII photo.

The first-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) will head to sea by the end of the month for its last set of trials before the Navy accepts delivery of the ship and commissions it into the fleet, the acting Navy secretary said today. Read More →

Sailors, Marines Have New Regulations on Sharing ‘Intimate’ Images Without Consent; Violators Could Face 2 Years in Prison

Sailors, Marines Have New Regulations on Sharing ‘Intimate’ Images Without Consent; Violators Could Face 2 Years in Prison

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Marines and sailors stand at parade rest while manning the rails of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) on Oct. 14, 2016. US Marine Corps Photo

This post has been updated to include a statement from U.S Navy Chief of Information Rear Adm. Dawn Cutler. 

In the wake of Navy and Marine Corps photo sharing scandals, acting Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley issued new changes to Department of the Navy regulations that make sharing ‘intimate images’ without the consent of the photographed illegal under military law, according to an ALNAV message posted on Tuesday. Read More →

Stackley to Lead Pentagon Effort To Reorganize Separate Research, Acquisition Offices

Stackley to Lead Pentagon Effort To Reorganize Separate Research, Acquisition Offices

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Sean Stackley, then-assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, addresses members of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Reserve Component during a winter program review in January 2016. US Navy photo.

The Navy’s acting secretary was tapped to lead a transition of the Defense Department’s research and acquisition office as it splits into two next year. Read More →

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