Saturday, November 1, 2025
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The Navy has started performing brief surface ship maintenance availabilities in foreign shipyards after the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act legalized the practice, according to a senior official, who said these overseas repairs can improve the service's logistics and sustainment picture.
South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has unveiled a $5 billion infrastructure investment plan for its Pennsylvania-based Philly Shipyard, including the construction of two new drydocks among other upgrades intended to increase production capacity at the facility.
The Navy has begun the recertification process for its next-generation Ship-to-Shore Connector following a critical Nunn-McCurdy breach, according to an updated Selected Acquisition Report, which indicates the program's projected procurement costs have grown by more than 44% since 2021.
Adm. Daryl Caudle has officially taken the helm as chief of naval operations after an assumption-of-office ceremony held this morning in Washington.
The Navy is establishing a Naval Rapid Capabilities Office (NRCO) intended to accelerate the development and fielding of new systems to meet urgent operational needs, according to an Aug. 19 memo from Navy Secretary John Phelan, obtained by Inside Defense.
Navy Secretary John Phelan plans to reduce his service’s civilian public affairs staff by 35%, according to an Aug. 7 memo that gives the Navy chief of information office 45 days to deliver a personnel reduction plan.
The Navy is interested in buying two new offshore support vessels for test and training purposes, according to a request for information that lists the launch of torpedoes, unmanned systems and small boats as a primary use for the desired OSVs.
The Navy has advanced plans to build an off-the-shelf Landing Ship Medium with an Aug. 8 contract award to shipbuilder Bollinger under which the service has established a licensing agreement and acquired the technical data package for the Israeli Logistics Support Vessel design set to become the first "block I" LSM.
The Navy is preparing to award concept refinement contracts before the end of the fiscal year for a new class of small logistics ship intended to refuel, rearm and resupply Navy and Marine Corps platforms and installations, according to a presolicitation notice for the Next Generation Logistics Ship program.
The Marine Corps has successfully conducted its first helicopter sling load evaluation for the new Medium Range Air Defense Radar, testing maneuvers that will be needed to deploy the expeditionary radar to forward locations, the service announced last week.
The Senate Appropriations Committee's draft fiscal year 2026 spending bill looks to fund the Navy's F/A-XX sixth-generation aircraft to the tune of $1.4 billion, teeing up a fight between congressional appropriators and the White House over the future of the program.
Congress wants the Pentagon to use over $4 billion of its budget reconciliation package to upgrade the maritime industrial base, according to programmatic guidance tables that recommend supplier development, workforce support and technology modernization investments including the implementation of artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing techniques.
Chief of Naval Operations nominee Adm. Daryl Caudle today told lawmakers he will consider tapping foreign shipyards to bolster the U.S. Navy's fleet via maintenance contracts and potentially new construction work, saying international allies must be part of the solution to domestic shipbuilding challenges.
General Dynamics reported strong growth in its maritime business segment during its second quarter earnings call today, though the company faces enduring supply chain challenges and shipbuilding schedule and cost performance continues to suffer across the Navy’s portfolio.
Lawmakers want to know why the Navy has not implemented the majority of shipbuilding improvement recommendations provided by government auditors over the past decade, with the Senate Armed Services Committee's draft defense policy bill directing the Navy secretary to deliver a report on the subject by May 2026.
The Pentagon today announced that Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte has been nominated to lead the U.S. Naval Academy, while its current head, Navy Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, has been tapped to serve as the next deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans, strategy and warfighting development (N3/N5/N7).
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- After finalizing its $100 million acquisition of Philly Shipyard in December, South Korean conglomerate Hanwha aims to begin building and delivering non-combatant auxiliary vessels to the U.S. Navy within the next decade as part of a 10-year plan to expand military and commercial business at the historic yard.
The Senate Armed Services Committee is angling to inject $5.4 billion into the Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program and $1.2 billion into Virginia-class submarine procurement as part of its push to hike fiscal year 2026 shipbuilding funding by over $10 billion.
The Defense Department has sent Congress a new legislative proposal that would raise limits on the number of foreign-constructed, used vessels it can purchase for sealift recapitalization, while instituting new requirements that additional foreign vessel purchases be paired with domestic procurement.
The Marine Corps aims to substantially boost research and development funding for the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle in fiscal year 2026, with plans to award production contracts to both General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems, retaining the competing vendors to continue building and developing separate ARV designs.