Navy

The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) conducted its first live test fire of a Standard Missile (SM)-2 out of its Mk 57 vertical launching system last week, the Navy said Monday. This […]

The Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) for the preliminary design (PD) for the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) on Oct. 16, revealing more specifications for the ship. The solicitation […]

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) directed the commander of Naval Information Warfare Systems Command with leading a new project to create a new naval network to facilitate connecting future […]

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the unmanned vessels planned in the Navy’s new future fleet plan will help fill in gaps in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and […]

The Navy’s new FFG(X) frigate program could cost 40 percent more than the Navy’s estimate, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a new report. While the Navy estimates the […]

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Tuesday said light aircraft carriers should not be compared to the current supercarriers and outlined the next large surface combatant will be smaller […]

The Navy’s land-based test site received the new destroyer Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) system on Oct. 7, the Navy said Thursday. The Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) […]

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announced the first FFG(X) guided-missile frigate will be named the USS Constellation. Speaking aboard the recreated wooden museum ship USS Constellation in Baltimore on […]

The future Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, USS Mobile (LCS-26), finished acceptance trials on Sept. 25, the Navy said Thursday. The Navy conducted comprehensive tests of the LCS-26 systems during the […]

Several members of Congress commented on Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s new Navy fleet plan somewhat positively, but plan significant adjustments and expressed some concerns. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), chairman […]