The Navy has sent Congress a plan to build the next-generation destroyer using the Columbia-class submarine program's acquisition strategy.
Monday, August 15, 2022
Monday, August 15, 2022
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The Navy has sent Congress a plan to build the next-generation destroyer using the Columbia-class submarine program's acquisition strategy.
The Marine Corps is struggling to meet its requirement to be the crisis response force for the nation due to a lack of LPD-class amphibious warships, according to a senior service official.
The Navy, after weeks of questions, has provided insight into why it double counted the LHA-9 amphibious assault ship in its fiscal year 2023 budget request, explaining it happened because of poor communication and the “change in administration.”
The Navy is seeking information from industry about the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset that would meet future submarine payload requirements.
After being informed that industry can build more E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes in fiscal year 2023, the Navy is asking Congress for $400 million in its unfunded priorities list for two additional aircraft.
The Navy has pushed out production of its Large Unmanned Surface Vessel until fiscal year 2025 to reduce risk, according to recently released budget justification documents.
The Marine Corps’ new CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter has reached initial operational capability, according to a Marine Corps press release.
The Navy's Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program -- known as Snakehead -- will be eliminated after just recently becoming available for fleet use.
The Navy's latest 30-year shipbuilding plan gives away "massive amounts" of capability with no promise of getting it back anytime soon, according to a prominent House lawmaker.
The Navy has three "buckets" where it is utilizing artificial intelligence: rudimental tasks, autonomous systems and decision aids, a service official said today.
The Navy is asking to enter into one or more block-buy contracts for the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter.
The Navy has sent Congress a 30-year shipbuilding plan with three potential procurement profiles, with officials citing the continued proliferation of unmanned systems, future budget uncertainty and the modernization of peer adversaries as the prime drivers for presenting multiple strategies.
The Navy plans to build 51 manned battleforce ships over the next five years, according to the Biden administration's latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, a copy of which was obtained by Inside Defense.
The Navy's "smart" warehouses are on track for transitioning to production in two years, but the service is still moving at a much slower pace than industry, according to a service official.
Textron Systems' small unmanned aircraft system Aerosonde is operational on its first guided-missile destroyer and will deploy on a second destroyer this fall.
Shipbuilder and defense technology company HII has released a suite of autonomy solutions that can turn any ship, vehicle or platform in any domain into a robotic platform -- a technology the company has dubbed "Odyssey."
The United States and India are considering using Indian shipyards to repair U.S. ships, according to the Fourth Annual U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.
The Navy and Marine Corps demonstrated their “lightning carrier” concept on an amphibious assault ship earlier this month.
The Navy will begin construction on the first Constellation-class frigate this summer or fall, later than the program’s goal to begin construction in April.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office recommends the Navy's Supervisors of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair are included earlier in the shipbuilding process before contracts are awarded.