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Rep. Steve Palazzo (R-MS) intends to offer an amendment next week to the House Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill that would authorize funding for a 12th San Antonio-class amphibious warship, his spokesman has confirmed.
The Navy has overhauled plans for its Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, reducing near-term spending spending by $1 billion, cutting procurement by 27 percent and accelerating development to support the Joint Strike Fighter and the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System, according to service officials.
Rear Adm. David Lewis has been assigned to replace Rear Adm. Patrick Brady as head of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego, CA, the Navy announced on April 21.
The Navy expects to announce the winner of the VXX presidential helicopter competition in May, the program manager said on Wednesday.
The Navy's plan to modernize 11 out of a fleet of 22 guided missile cruisers will lead to more than $6 billion in cost savings, according to a top service official.
The Navy's plan to delay a decision on the fate of the George Washington aircraft carrier will add a year of lag time to the ship's refueling and complex overhaul if the Pentagon ultimately opts to keep the ship in the fleet, according to Huntington Ingalls Industries officials.
The Navy is working with the Army on potential ground combat applications for the electromagnetic railgun, according to Navy officials.
The Navy's unfunded priority list, which was sent to Congress on Tuesday, does not include funding in fiscal year 2015 for the aircraft carrier George Washington's refueling and complex overhaul.
Top Navy officials suggested last week that the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile has reached the end of its shelf life, and efforts are underway to develop a replacement weapon with more sophisticated capabilities.
The Marine Corps fiscal year 2015 unfunded priorities list includes money needed for Joint Strike Fighters to replace destroyed Harrier jets and cash for Landing Craft Air Cushion upgrades, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos told Inside the Navy today.
Raytheon Missile Systems and Norway's Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace have filed a joint bid protest of the Defense Department's decision to award Lockheed Martin a major follow-on development contract to prepare its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile for production after rejecting bids from Raytheon and Kongsberg for alternative weapons, Inside the Navy has learned.
A soldering problem has forced the Navy to push back the completion of the third satellite in its next-generation satellite communication system, a Navy official told Inside the Navy.
The Navy's fiscal year 2015 budget proposal is $15 billion below the level forecast in last year's budget submission, with the cuts falling heaviest in aircraft and weapons procurement programs, including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, P-8A Poseidon Maritime Surveillance aircraft, the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter and the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile, according to details the service released today.
Expressing concern for the future of the Navy's amphibious warship program, a newly formed industry coalition is urging Congress to provide funding in fiscal year 2015 for the next San Antonio-class amphibious warship -- a vessel that could serve as the foundation for the next generation of amphibious ships.
Huntington Ingalls Industries' first big-deck, America-class amphibious assault ship completed acceptance trials off the coast of Pascagoula, MS, on Jan. 31.
The Navy will christen the second Mobile Landing Platform on Feb. 1 at a ceremony in San Diego, CA., the Navy announced today.
The Navy and the Marine Corps will integrate their requirements for the first time for amphibious vessels as part of the upcoming fiscal year 2016-2010 program objective memorandum, according to Maj. Gen. Robert Walsh.
Military Sealift Command's Joint High Speed Vessel will make its maiden deployment on Jan. 16, Inside The Navy has learned.
The Navy will christen the fourth Joint High Speed Vessel on Jan. 11 in a ceremony in Mobile, AL, the service announced Thursday.
The Royal Australian Navy's 725 Squadron marked another milestone last week when the crew flew its new MH-60 Romeo helicopters out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL, for the first time on Dec. 18.