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GAO Finds Navy SIOP Dry Dock Costs Increased Over 400 Percent
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently found the cost for the Navy to renovate its dry docks has grown by over 400 percent as part of a decades-long effort to […]
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Pappano Says Navy Evaluating Up To 5 Ohio SSBN Sub Extensions, Also SSGN Extensions
The Navy’s top officer for procuring and sustaining the Navy’s nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) last week confirmed the service is currently evaluating short-term service life extensions of up to […]
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CNO Argues Decommissioning Ships Goes To Fund Maximizing Weapons Production Lines
The Navy’s top officer this week argued the service’s fiscal year 2023 request to retire 24 ships aims to redirect resources from expensive ship fixes and operating costs to increased […]
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Navy Informs Congress Of Nunn-McCurdy Cost Breach Tied To Cutting LCS ASW Modules
The Navy on Friday notified Congress about a significant but not critical cost breach in the Littoral Combat System’s (LCS) module program caused by canceling the anti-submarine (ASW) mission package. […]
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CNO: Private Sub Shipyards Maintenance Work Over Cost And Schedule
The Navy’s top officer Thursday castigated two companies that build Navy submarines for underperforming on contracted maintenance work on attack submarines. “Based on the fact that we continue to build […]
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Marines To Use ESBs, EPFs, and Commercial Vessels Until LAW Ready
The Marine Corps is exploring several ways to move groups of Marines around the Indo-Pacific region while waiting for the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW), which been pushed back several years. […]
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House Seapower Leaders Push Legislation For Minimum 31 Amphibious Ship Requirement
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) seapower panel introduced legislation that would keep the Navy from going below 31 amphibious battle force ships, as is the Marine […]
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Navy Conducting Market Research On MEDUSA Mining UUV
The Navy last month issued a Request For Information (RFI) seeking industry feedback on developing systems for the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) and […]
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HII: Lionfish Win Allows More International Sales
This week the CEO of HII [HII] said the company’s selection for the Navy’s Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SUUV) allows it to expand international sales. In March, the Navy […]
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General Dynamics Picks Gulfstream Executive To Lead Bath Iron Works
General Dynamics [GD] said on Wednesday the new president of Bath Iron Works (BIW) will be Charles Krugh, executive of subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace. Last month, former BIW president Dirk Lesko […]
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