House and Senate negotiators have included a second Virginia-class submarine in the final 2021 defense authorization bill.
Friday, October 11, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
House and Senate negotiators have included a second Virginia-class submarine in the final 2021 defense authorization bill.
The Marine Corps has declared initial operational capability for the F-35C, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing announced yesterday.
The Navy and Marine Corps have acted to improve readiness, but the ongoing pandemic and the damaging fire on the Bonhomme Richard will take a toll, the Government Accountability Office told lawmakers this week.
The Navy has not seen any major delays to its shipyard revitalization work as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said yesterday at a Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee hearing.
The Navy is considering fast-tracking the acquisition of a big-deck vessel to replace the fire-damaged amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said Wednesday.
Congress will receive a briefing on the Navy's new force design plan tomorrow, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said Wednesday at a Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee hearing.
The Marine Corps has identified changes it can make to the VH-92A presidential helicopter's Auxiliary Power Unit exhaust system that will reduce the risk of damage to the aircraft's landing zone.
The Navy announced Monday it would decommission the fire-damaged amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) after determining that repairing the vessel would be too expensive.
The Trump administration has asked Congress to fund a second Virginia-class submarine in fiscal year 2021, following congressional concern when the administration proposed funding just one of the submarines in its original budget.
The Marine Corps has stretched out its acquisition plan for the CH-53K helicopter, according to the Defense Department's recently released 2019 Selected Acquisition Report.
The Naval Postgraduate School hosted a September workshop that explored how emerging technologies could shape a 2035 global conflict.
The Navy has conducted successful tests of its Submarine-Launched Unmanned Aerial System, a senior service official said yesterday.
The Navy should focus on developing technology systems that can be used across platforms instead of developing technology for individual platforms, a senior Navy official said Thursday.
The United States needs to maintain its advantage in submarines and other undersea vehicles over China and Russia, Rear Adm. William Houston said Wednesday.
Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite announced Tuesday that he wants to create a new 1st Fleet that would be based "in the crossroads between the Indian and Pacific Ocean."
The Marine Corps has received the first 18 Amphibious Combat Vehicles that are replacing the service's Vietnam-era Assault Amphibious Vehicle.
The Navy needs to invest in submarine shipbuilding and work to increase industry capability for the submarine force to meet its full potential, a top Navy official said Monday.
The Navy successfully cut days of maintenance delay in fiscal year 2020 but will miss its goal to eliminate days of maintenance delay this fiscal year, Vice Adm. William Galinis, the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, said Thursday.
The Navy will move forward with former Defense Secretary Mark Esper's plan to build a 500-ship Navy despite his firing earlier this week, Vice Adm. William Galinis, the head of Navy Sea Systems Command, said Thursday.
The Senate Appropriations Committee does not support the Navy's request for two Large Unmanned Surface Vessels in fiscal year 2021, according to the panel's FY-21 defense spending bill released yesterday.