Sunday, March 16, 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 Defense Department's new air-launched, anti-ship missile failed to reach early operational capability on the Air Force's B-1 bomber in September as planned because of a “minor discrepancy” in the software, a Navy official tells Inside Defense.
The Navy for the first time will have options to utilize other transaction agreements as a way to influence the technology demonstrated at its annual Advanced Naval Technology Exercise, according to a service official.
The Navy is planning two different paths forward following the completion of the 12th Columbia-class submarine, both of which involve keeping the line open, according to a service official.
The Navy will begin trade studies in fiscal year 2020 to evaluate the possibilities for a second life extension program of the Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile, according to the service's director of strategic systems programs.
The Navy in September began conducting new inspections of its supplier base supporting the Columbia-class submarine program in response to faulty welding on missile tubes found in August, according to a Navy officer overseeing the submarine program.
The Navy will begin refueling the first Los Angeles-class submarine starting with the Cheyenne (SSN-773) in 2023, according to the director of the naval nuclear propulsion program.
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded the company's Newport News Shipbuilding business a $197 million contract modification for long-lead-time materials and advance construction activities for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine.
The Navy issued a request for proposals today for industry to participate in its annual technology demonstration next year in Rhode Island.
The Marine Corps will finish retiring its legacy electronic warfare aircraft, the EA-6B Prowler, in March 2019, according to a service statement issued yesterday.
The Marine Corps' rapid acquisition and prototyping office will focus its fiscal year 2020 efforts on power management and physiological sensing technologies, according to an Oct. 31 Federal Business Opportunities notice.
The Navy is working with Congress to develop a strategy for retiring its legacy mine countermeasures platforms, a challenge requiring more nuance than what current congressional direction allows, according to a Marine Corps general overseeing that strategy.
The Navy expects the next update to the F-35's logistics information system in "mid-2019" to enable it to connect to its legacy information technology systems, according to a service spokeswoman.
A new report published by the Heritage Foundation today says the Navy needs a 400-ship fleet, significantly more than the service's stated goal of 355, to carry out two overlapping major regional conflicts.
The Navy's fiscal year 2019 to FY-21 business operations plan, published today, is projected to reap savings that will eventually be invested into the warfighter, according to the service's No. 2 civilian.
Defense lawmakers rejected several Navy reprogramming requests that would have funded a consulting group for surface warfare reforms, supported developing a high-energy laser and financed an effort related to investigating physiological episodes occurring within the F/A-18 and E/A-18 fleets.
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Early findings from the Navy's studies on a common hull for five unique missions are driving the service to reconsider its requirements to avoid "predisposition" toward an answer, according to two Navy officers responsible for strategic sealift.
To achieve its desired 355-ship fleet, the Navy will require in future years an annual shipbuilding budget of $28.9 billion, nearly $5 billion more than the service received in fiscal year 2019 and one-third more than the service has estimated, according to a new analysis published this week by the Congressional Budget Office.
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Navy's expeditionary warfare office is preparing an overarching mine warfare plan, which will eventually be approved by the service's top admiral and general, to more clearly communicate its strategies and objectives, according to a Marine Corps general overseeing the effort.
The Navy today published its final request for proposals for the service management portion of the Next Generation Enterprise Network recompetition, according to a statement from the program executive office for enterprise information systems.
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Pentagon last week approved a mine countermeasures program that will adapt three payloads for use on an unmanned surface vehicle, according to an officer overseeing the program.