Navy

Defense Department officials this week said how the Navy and Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is learning from the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to inform future larger unmanned […]

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that President Joe Biden made three naval nominations for positions at U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and the Joint Staff. Vice Adm. […]

Defense officials confirmed this week two more prototype unmanned surface vessels (USVs) are under construction on the Gulf Coast and will join the Navy by the end of fiscal year […]

President Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy on Tuesday said  he supports the goal of a 355-ship Navy and promised to only advance unmanned systems technologies when […]

The House Appropriations Committee criticized the Navy for cutting a destroyer from the previously planned fiscal year 2022 budget request and its plan to decommission additional littoral combat ships (LCSs) […]

The Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) to conduct market research on a potential Light Amphibious Warship simulator, revealing additional information on the ship’s design. The RFI, first published […]

Norway and Germany announced an agreement on July 8 to jointly procure new submarines and Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs), seeking lower costs and allowing for longer term cooperation between both […]

The United Kingdom awarded MBDA and Eurosam $690 million in multiyear contracts to increase the Royal Navy’s Daring-class Type 45 destroyers missile capacity by 50 percent, the government announced July […]

The Navy awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $172 million contract on July 2 to buy the first three Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) Low Rate Initial production Lot One ship […]

The Navy had to make cuts in systems to sustain the current force in the fiscal year 2022 budget request, including redirecting funding for a second Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer […]