Navy/USMC

The Navy’s latest FY 2024 30-year shipbuilding plan revealed the Navy plans to sell six Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) it has been planning to decommission. The plan noted the FY […]

The Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan said the service plans to buy additional Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) to replace those to be sold to Australia under the AUKUS agreement. “The department […]

Navy leaders this week admitted they hope to ultimately expand Constellation-class frigate production to four ships per year with a second shipyard. Responding to questioning by Senate Armed Services Committee […]

The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, released Tuesday, provided three options again, with two of them never reaching 355 ships and not procuring ships at the service’s preferred rate. This […]

Earlier this month the Chief of Naval Operations outlined how the Navy plans to get to the construction contract for the first Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSV) by fiscal year […]

Production challenges have pushed the initial operational capability (IOC) of the Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker back a year to 2026, a program executive said last week. Speaking during […]

The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is set to deploy next month while the second new carrier will still deploy on time despite changes to […]

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] is considering changes to the design of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships (LPDs) while the Defense Department directs a review of the class in […]

Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] won a $102.5 million contract from the Navy to continue supporting production on the MK 48 Mod 7 heavyweight Torpedo program, the company said on […]

The Navy awarded HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding a $1.3 billion modification for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of the third San Antonio-class Flight II amphibious transport dock ship, LPD-32. […]