Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Navy Report Calls For Faster Ship Production But Is Light On Cost
A U.S. Navy future vision paper, The Future Navy, released Wednesday lays out the need for a larger fleet and incorporating new technology, but it is reluctant to get specific […]
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Navy/USMC
Trump Takes Aim At Aircraft Carrier Costs
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is targeting the Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers for cost reductions and he will produce savings in the ship program just like he has […]
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Navy/USMC
U.S. And Southeast Asian Navies Conduct Exercises In The South China Sea
Ships from the U.S. Navy, Republic of Singapore navy, and Royal Thai navy conducted a three-day multilateral Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise in the South China Sea last […]
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Navy/USMC
Stackley Says Ford Carrier Acceptance Trials This Month; Supports Navy Budget And Size Increase
The U.S. Navy’s first Ford-class aircraft carrier is on track to head out to sea for acceptance trails (AT) before Memorial Day, the acting Navy Secretary said Thursday. Depending on […]
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Navy/USMC
Trump Launches Tirade Against New Carriers’ ‘No Good’ Electromagnetic Aircraft Launchers
President Donald Trump in a recent interview with Time magazine said the Navy should jettison the electromagnetic aircraft launchers on its new carriers in favor of outdated steam-powered catapults. In the […]
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Navy/USMC
Committee Leaders Request T-45C Assessment Information
The leaders of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces have requested additional assessment information on the U.S. Navy’s T-45C Goshawk trainer jets as the Navy […]
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Navy/USMC
Carrier Begins Sea Trials After Four-Year Overhaul
The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) began its first sea trials Tuesday after a four years-long refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) period. The last time the […]
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Navy/USMC
Not Meant To Swim: Marines’ Planned For ACV 1.1 To Have Limited Open Water Mobility
When the Marine Corps decided to buy a series of increasingly capable amphibious combat vehicles (ACV) it planned on earlier versions being optimized for ground combat ashore with the understanding […]
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Navy/USMC
ACV Competitors Set Up California Camps, Begin Receiving Vehicles For Swim Testing
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Yards away from a faded green landing vehicle-tracked (LVT) that participated in the island hopping campaign against Japan, Marines are beginning tests on two vehicles competing […]