VIDEO: First New Navy Hovercrafts Deliver to Fleet Unit After Delays, Cost Increases
JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK – FORT STORY, Va. – Two Navy hovercrafts glinted silver in the low Friday sun…
Textron Ship-to-Shore Connector Production Contract Expected Later This Year
Textron executives expect by the end of 2019 to win a production contract for the Navy’s much-anticipated new Ship-to-Shore Connector.…
Textron Catching Up with Existing Ship-to-Shore Funding Ahead of Additional Navy Budget Requests
Before the Navy requests more money for Textron’s Ship-to-Shore Connector, company executives say they need to firm up contracts for…
Top Stories 2018: U.S. Marine Corps Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
First Ship-to-Shore Connector Begins On-Water Testing in New Orleans
Textron Marine and Land Systems last week began at-sea testing of its first Ship-to-Shore Connector and was also awarded a…
355-Ship Navy Could Take More Than Three Decades to Build, Acting Navy Under Secretary Says
Chances are the Navy’s leaders of a proposed 355-ship fleet have not even finished high school yet, according to Pentagon…
Senate Armed Services Bill Directs Navy to Start a Preliminary Design Effort for a Light Carrier, Pluses Up Shipbuilding Totals Over Trump Budget
The Senate Armed Services Committee version of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act piles on more ships and…
HASC Would Add 5 Ships, $3 Billion in Aircraft Procurement to Navy’s 2018 Plans
The House Armed Services Committee released its Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act language this evening, in a bill…
Navy Unfunded Priorities List Emphasizes Aircraft Buys, Facilities Improvements, Production Efficiencies
The Navy has asked lawmakers for additional aircraft, warfighting capability improvements and facilities upgrades if more money were to become…
2017 Supplemental Funding Request Invests In Aircraft Procurement; May Be Too Late For Some Maintenance Needs
THE PENTAGON – The White House released its Fiscal Year 2017 supplemental funding request today, which had been touted as…