The Pentagon is terminating the Naval Research Advisory Committee, according to a Federal Register notice published today.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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.
The Pentagon is terminating the Naval Research Advisory Committee, according to a Federal Register notice published today.
The Navy today awarded a $46.7 million contract modification to Boeing for the fifth prototype of a large unmanned undersea vessel, bringing the total of the company's awards for the program to $274 million.
After sidelining amphibious vessels in the fiscal year 2020 budget request, the Navy's top acquisition official told Congress today the service could accelerate procuring two amphibious ships if granted incremental funding authority in the next defense policy bill.
The Navy has "at least" 11 months of margin associated with a key component of its top acquisition program, down from the 13 months of available margin reported in January, according to a senior service official.
The Navy will delay completing the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford's (CVN-78) post-shakedown availability by three months, citing problems with the Advanced Weapons Elevators and adjustments to the nuclear power plant, a service official announced today during a House subcommittee hearing.
The Pentagon could reverse its decision to retire the aircraft carrier Harry Truman early if the Navy is not able to develop the maritime strike capabilities it desires by the mid-2020s, the military's top officer told lawmakers today.
The Navy's fiscal year 2020 budget request pegs the service's upcoming training helicopter program with a total procurement cost of at least $1.1 billion for 109 aircraft, according to budget documents.
Ship and submarine depot maintenance are at the top of the Navy's $3.2 billion unfunded priorities list with deferred and backlogged maintenance availabilities totaling $814 million.
The Navy is unsure of the way forward to protect aircraft carriers from incoming torpedoes following the cancellation of an $800 million research and development program.
The Navy is working with private shipbuilders to prepare industry for a 355-ship fleet, and intends to send Congress an infrastructure investment plan for those efforts with the fiscal year 2021 budget request.
The Navy yesterday awarded Boeing a $4 billion multiyear procurement contract for 78 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets, according to a Defense Department statement.
The Navy's new 30-year shipbuilding plan anticipates it will cost $40 billion then-year dollars to sustain the 355-ship fleet the Navy envisions achieving in FY-34.
The Navy plans to award the fourth multiyear procurement contract for Virginia-class attack submarines next month, according to the service's new budget justification documents.
The Navy cut more than $1.2 billion of research and development funding for the MQ-25 program out of its fiscal year 2020 budget and associated future years defense program compared to previous projections.
The Navy intends to publish a competitive request for proposals in fiscal year 2020 for one of its largest developmental unmanned undersea vehicles, a move that would accelerate the program by five years.
The Navy plans to restart the Block V Tomahawk missile production line in fiscal year 2020 in concert with boosting procurement of a long-range anti-ship missile, according to the service's budget request.
The Navy last week awarded the first contract to begin developing a new surface fleet radar that was recommended for accelerated fielding following the 2017 collisions in U.S. 7th Fleet.
The Navy does not plan to buy eight Ship to Shore Connectors in fiscal year 2020, and made additional procurement cuts in future years, due to contractual and delivery problems the service has been experiencing in previous years.
The Navy will procure two additional unmanned surface vessels configured by the Strategic Capabilities Office in fiscal year 2020, and experimentation with those ships will inform the top-level requirements of eight Large USVs purchased throughout the future years defense program, a Navy spokesman told Inside Defense.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) said today he is "not happy" with the Defense Department's decision to not refuel the aircraft carrier Harry Truman (CVN-75).