Stackley: Funding Levels Creating Risk In U.S. Navy Attack Submarine, Surface Combatant Fleets
The Navy is doing “the best we can do for the dollars we have” but has developed its attack submarine…
FY 2017 Navy Budget Adds 3 More Aegis Combat System Modernizations Over Next 5 Years
Ten guided missile destroyers will be fully upgraded to Navy’s top-of-the-line Aegis combat system over the next five years —…
Navy Weighing Options for a Family of Future Surface Ships
PENTAGON – The Navy is currently charting its new roadmap for a family of future surface ships it hopes to…
Navy Pitches Cruiser Layup Plan, Again
A previous version of this post incorrectly outlined the Navy’s Two-Four-Six phased modernization plan as part of its Fiscal Year…
Interview: HASC’s Forbes on China, Strategy and the Navy’s Year Ahead
As the chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) has been both…
Top Stories 2014: U.S. Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Navy Has Started Two Cruiser Modernizations, Long Term Plan Still Pending
While the Navy’s long range cruiser program is still in flux, the modernization effort for the Navy’s Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) guided…
Defense Bill Punts on Navy Plan to Mothball Cruisers, Adds Money for 12th LPD, Growlers
This post has been updated to amend the amount the compromise 2015 NDAA included for EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.…
Navy Cancelled New Destroyer Flight Due to Ohio Replacement Submarine Costs
The looming hit to the shipbuilding budget from the Navy’s plan to build 12 new nuclear ballistic missile submarines resulted…
House Panel to Hold Hearings on Navy Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization
Legislators are planning to hold hearings based on concerns over the Navy’s scheme to modernize its cruiser and destroyer fleet,…