Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Justin Katz was Inside the Navy’s associate editor until November 2020. He was previously a local news reporter in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. A New York native, he graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, with a bachelor’s degree in communication.
House defense appropriators are recommending an additional $541 million to the Navy's aircraft procurement budget for three P-8A Poseidons, citing concerns that two Navy Reserve squadrons would otherwise be decommissioned in fiscal year 2023, according to a draft of the FY-20 defense spending bill released by the committee today.
House appropriators are recommending full funding in the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill for the Navy's upcoming sea-launched cruise missile analysis of alternatives but are concerned about the costs and operational impacts of the program, according to the defense subcommittee's mark.
The Navy's top civilian says $600 million ships to revitalize its surge sealift fleet is something he can't afford, a reality that is in stark contrast with the service's projections in a recent business case analysis.
The Navy has five categories of vessels under consideration for a new package of mine countermeasure capabilities and estimates it would need at least $50 million in future years to equip six select vessels, according to a report obtained by Inside Defense.
The Navy has assessed four potential options to recapitalize the surge sealift fleet through 2048 and estimates the costs will range between $22 billion and $38 billion, according to the service's business case analysis viewed by Inside Defense.
A government watchdog is warning of future cost cap breaches in the Navy's Gerald Ford-class aircraft carriers despite the service's efforts to increase construction efficiencies and strike a multiship buy estimated to save $4 billion.
The Navy is setting the groundwork this year to streamline the installation of several capability upgrades to both Littoral Combat Ship variants during the future years defense program.
The Navy's addition of a third Virginia-class submarine in the fiscal year 2020 budget request is intended to signal its commitment and give contractors time to prepare for an increased production cadence in future years, according to the program manager.
Inspections of critical vendors for the Columbia-class submarine program, born out of welding problems discovered last summer, will continue "in perpetuity," according to the program manager.
The Pentagon sent Congress a legislative proposal that would allow all three services to create a new assistant secretary position, according to a top Navy official.
Despite an abrupt reversal on plans to retire the aircraft carrier Harry Truman (CVN-75), the program manager responsible for a large portfolio targeted for investment in lieu of the ship's midlife refueling said he's "optimistic" the Navy will not cut his funding.
The new presidential helicopter program is scheduled to face a milestone C decision at the end of this month, according to a senior Marine Corps official.
A high-energy laser destined for an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is set to undergo a critical design review in early 2020, and is on track to be delivered to the Navy in May 2021, according to the weapon's prime contractor.
Lockheed Martin today revealed an independent research and development effort to increase the ammunition capacity of the Air Force and Navy variants of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The Navy estimates a new multimission auxiliary ship meant to recapitalize the aging Ready Reserve Force could cost “more than $1 billion,” according to policy questions sent by Senate lawmakers to the nominee to be the next chief of naval operations.
Boeing believes 18 months of early testing and embedding Navy officials into its program office will play a big part in accelerating the MQ-25's initial operational capability ahead of the 2024 goal, according to a company official.
The Pentagon and Coast Guard awarded a $745 million contract yesterday to VT Halter Marine for the detail design and construction of the highly anticipated Polar Security Cutter, according to a Defense Department statement.
The five-year acceleration of a large unmanned undersea vehicle was made possible in part by the work the Navy has been doing with a similar vessel that is further along in the acquisition process, according to a service official.
The Congressional Budget Office today published a report detailing how it determined depot maintenance for Los Angeles-class submarines has historically been less expensive at private shipyards than in public shipyards.