Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCMaritime Industrial Base Requires 25,000 New Trade Workers Annually, Navy Says
A Navy official on Thursday said the shipbuilding industrial base needs to hire about 25,000 new trades workers per year over the next decade to meet the service’s new production […]
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Navy/USMCZumwalt To Finish Hypersonic Weapon Tube Install By End Of 2025, DDG-1002 to Start Mod in 2026
The Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program manager this week said the first ship to get the new hypersonic missile system should finish installing missile tubes and be ready for testing by […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Delivers First Japanese SPY-7 Radar Antenna
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday marked delivery of the first AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antenna to the Japanese government for its future two Aegis missile defense vessels. This sale occurred via a […]
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Navy/USMCFrigate Manager Says Design To Finish This Year, Delays Because Parent Design Mods Not Understood
The program manager for the Constellation-class frigate this week said the Navy plans to finally complete design of the ship this year and commented some of the delays were due […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Names Two Carriers After Presidents Clinton And Bush, Future SSNs and Third SSBN
The Navy and Biden administration on Monday announced the names of the next two aircraft carriers, the third Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and three Virginia-class attack submarines. President Joe […]
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Navy/USMCCBO Details Downsides Of AUKUS Sub Sales
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review of the Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan highlighted how the planned submarine sales to Australia under the AUKUS agreement are likely to lower total […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Unveils New Low-Cost USV
Textron Systems [TXT] announced a new family of low-cost autonomous unmanned surface vessels already in “high production” that is designed to meet Defense Department needs. Announced ahead of the Surface […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Admin May Be More Receptive To Industry Shipyard Plan, HII CEO Says
The CEO of shipbuilder HII [HII] said the incoming Trump administration is likely more receptive to a plan developed by the Navy and industry to improve shipyard wages and quicken […]
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Navy/USMCCBO Estimates 2025 Shipbuilding Plan Costs 17 Percent More Than Navy Projects
The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan could cost 17 percent more than the service estimates, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual analysis. This means the CBO estimated the […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. And Indian Companies To Co-Produce Sonobuoys
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan recently announced the Biden administration welcomed a new partnership between U.S. and Indian companies for co-production of U.S. sonobuoys to be used by the Indian […]
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