Navy

The Navy’s top acquisition official said while the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) are the most impacted by a continuing resolution (CR), if the period before a full budget increases, […]

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper last week told sailors unmanned vehicles will allow the Navy to increase over a planned 355 ships. Esper spoke to sailors while visiting the USS […]

Bollinger Shipyards won a contract from General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] to build a new floating dry dock to support construction of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), Bollinger said […]

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Wednesday said the new Navy future fleet plan will have over 355 ships and require billions more in annual shipbuilding. Last week, Deputy Secretary […]

The head of the Navy’s development squadron focused on unmanned surface vehicle (USVs) recently explained how they are working to test and develop concepts of operation (CONOPS) for USVs while […]

The U.S. military began the 2020 Valiant Shield 2020 joint forces training exercise on Sept. 14. The 12-day U.S.-only biennial exercise focuses on “integration of training in a blue-water environment,” […]

The head of Naval Air Forces Atlantic recently said he expects the latest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), to be ready for its first deployment in 2022. […]

A Navy official on Tuesday explained the service’s unmanned campaign plan to build a centralized management and leadership of technologies supporting all unmanned platforms. The plan, directed by the Chief […]

Navy officials unveiled a new prototyping effort Tuesday to integrate sensors and payloads into a single unmanned maritime project, the Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab (RAIL). RAIL is being led by […]

The Navy awarded six companies contracts Friday for studies of a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) with a combined value of $42 million. The winners are Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII], […]