Navy Awards GD Electric Boat $1.28B in Contracts While Service Continues Sub Negotiations
The Navy this week issued General Dynamics Electric Boat two contract modifications worth $1.28 billion to keep submarine suppliers operating…
Australia Inks $2.2B Deal to Extend Collins-class Submarines into 2030s
The Australian government signed a $2.2 billion four-year contract with national submarine builder ASC last week to keep Canberra’s existing…
Jay Stefany to Lead Navy’s New Maritime Industrial Base Program Office
The Navy is standing up a new maritime industrial base program office and has tapped one of its career civil…
Attack Sub Boise Overhaul At Risk Under One-Year Continuing Resolution
The long-awaited overhaul of the idle attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764) is in jeopardy if Congress does not pass a…
Report on Virginia-class Attack Submarine Program, AUKUS Proposal
The following is the Oct. 23, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and…
Bartlett Maritime Pitches New Plan to Repair U.S. Attack Submarines
Bartlett Maritime submitted a news submarine overhaul proposal to the Navy that claims it will cut the time attack boats…
Congress Notified of Potential $895M Tomahawk Sale to Australia
This story has been updated to include comments from Australia’s Minister for Defense Industry Pat Conroy. The State Department authorized…
FY2024 Budget: Navy Request Calls for 9 New Ships, Asks to Shed 2 Littoral Combat Ships, 9 Other Ships
THE PENTAGON – The Navy wants to purchase nine battle force ships and decommission 11 hulls in its Fiscal Year…
GAO Report on Predictive Maintenance on Weapon Systems
The following is the December 2022 Government Accountability Office report, Military Readiness: Actions Needed to Further Implement Predictive Maintenance on…
Navy Could Extend Life of Five Ohio-class Ballistic Missile Boats to Hedge Against Columbia Program Delays
ARLINGTON, Va. – Five of the Navy’s oldest submarines are candidates for a three-year life extension, service officials said on…