Navy Confident That Maintenance Workload Transparency, Better Business Practices Will Avoid Future Backlogs
CAPITOL HILL – For all the struggles the Navy has today caring for its 106 surface combatants, the problem will…
Carrier Eisenhower Back to Sea After Planned 6-Month Repair Period Tripled in Length
Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) left Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Thursday for a brief shakedown cruise after…
Navy Needs More Dry Docks for Repairs, Says First-Ever Maintenance Report
The Navy released its first-ever long-range ship maintenance and modernization plan amid a growing fleet and a growing backlog of…
GAO Report on Navy, Marine Corps Aviation and Ship Readiness
The following is the Dec. 12, 2018 written testimony of the Government Accountability Office on Navy ship readiness and Navy and…
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Repair Period Triples in Length; Carrier Will be in Yard Until 2019
Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) will remain tied up in maintenance at Norfolk Naval Shipyard until early 2019,…
NAVSEA: New Pentagon Strategy Putting Pressure on Private, Public Maintenance Yards to Deliver Ships on Time
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Pentagon’s new focus on high-end warfare with sophisticated adversaries will put increased emphasis and pressure…
Navy Will Release New 30-Year Ship Repair, Modernization Plan with Annual Shipbuilding Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy will release a 30-year ship repair and modernization plan alongside its 30-year shipbuilding plan next spring,…
Naval Shipyard Plan Due to Congress This Month
The Navy this month will explain to Congress what it needs to keep its ship repair yards able and optimized…
Training, Spares Already Hurt by Continuing Resolution; Longer CR Would Block Slew of Ship Buys in January
Lawmakers bought themselves two more weeks to pass a defense spending bill, after extending the continuing resolution that has funded…
14 Amphibs Tied Up In Maintenance, Exacerbating Shortfall in Available Ships for Marines’ At-Sea Training
CAPITOL HILL – Nearly half the Navy’s amphibious ships are currently tied up in maintenance availabilities and the service would…