Tag Archives: Senate Armed Services Committee

Franchetti: Columbia Program Meeting Contracted Delivery Schedule

Franchetti: Columbia Program Meeting Contracted Delivery Schedule

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti answers questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during her confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Sep. 14 2023. U.S. Navy Photo

The program to replace the Navy’s sea-based leg of the nuclear triad is on track for its new schedule, the nominee to lead the sea service told Congress on Thursday. Read More

Pentagon Starts Work to Build Ballistic Missile Defense Capability in Guam

Pentagon Starts Work to Build Ballistic Missile Defense Capability in Guam

On Nov. 16, U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Navy sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG-113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer, fired a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile that successfully intercepted and destroyed a mock Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii in November 2020. MDA photo.

The Pentagon is taking the first steps to provide Guam with a persistent, 360-degree missile defense system against Chinese and North Korean attack, Missile Defense Agency director Vice Adm. Jon Hill told a Senate panel Tuesday. Read More

Joint Task Force - Red Hill Begins Dewatering as Hawaii Senator Raises Concerns About Past Navy Oversight

Joint Task Force – Red Hill Begins Dewatering as Hawaii Senator Raises Concerns About Past Navy Oversight

Fuels director, LCDR Shannon Bencs walks a portion of the 7 miles of tunnels of the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility on July 17, 2020. US Navy Photo

Joint Task Force – Red Hill started the dewatering process at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, the Department of Defense group announced Monday. Read More

GAO Report on Military Housing

GAO Report on Military Housing

The following is the April 2023 Government Accountability Office report, Military Housing: DoD Can Further Strengthen Oversight of Its Privatized Housing Program. Read More

Guertin Appears Before Senate Committee Seeking Assistant Navy Secretary Job

Guertin Appears Before Senate Committee Seeking Assistant Navy Secretary Job

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility successfully undocked USS Charlotte (SSN 766) Jan. 26 from Dry Dock #3. The undocking was a major milestone in the submarine’s engineered overhaul availability.

This story has been updated to clarify that USS Boise (SSN-764) is waiting to begin its engineering overhaul.

Cutting the Navy’s ship maintenance backlog will require recruiting and retaining skilled workers in the nation’s public and private shipyards, the nominee to head the sea service’s acquisition office testified Wednesday. Read More