Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Abby Shepherd is a Navy reporter. Before joining Inside Defense in November 2023, she was an intern with Politico's E&E News and a city government reporter with the Eudora Times in Kansas. She graduated from the University of Kansas in May 2023, with degrees in journalism and political science.
The operation to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza through the Defense Department's joint logistics over-the-shore (JLOTS) capability in 2024 faced significant challenges, DOD's inspector general announced Friday, including a lack of interoperability between the Army and Navy.
The Pentagon plans to add $150 million to its nuclear-armed sea-launched missile (SLCM-N) program in fiscal year 2025 and make several other adjustments to Navy research and development efforts in accordance with non-binding recommendations from congressional appropriators.
Recent investments, or “tailwinds,” in shipbuilding are positive, and require HII’s participation, CEO Chris Kastner said today.
A host of changes to V-22 Osprey components will ensure aircraft safety is improved overall, an official said today, following a series of crashes in recent years and subsequent groundings.
Navy Secretary John Phelan has directed the termination of a $300 million information technology contract known as the MyNavyHR Transformation Initiative, a five-year plan meant to modernize the Navy’s human resource systems.
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers today reintroduced the SHIPS for America Act -- a bill initially brought forward last year with the purpose of revitalizing the domestic maritime industry.
The Marine Corps is aiming to release an updated roadmap for robotic and autonomous systems soon, an official said today.
Defense start-up Epirus announced the delivery of a new counter-drone capability to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren today -- a system meant to support the Marine Corps.
Navy Secretary John Phelan announced Tuesday he is rescinding the Navy's Climate Action 2030 program, instituted during the Biden administration.
Last week, President Trump's executive order marked the start of a new push to rejuvenate the domestic maritime industry, but achieving the order's ambitions will require Congress to play a significant role, lawmakers and analysts told Inside Defense this week.
Last week, President Trump's executive order marked the start of a new push to rejuvenate the domestic maritime industry, but achieving the order's ambitions will require Congress to play a significant role, lawmakers and analysts told Inside Defense this week.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Lawmakers today expressed concern with the Navy's Constellation-class frigate program -- which is filled with delays and design changes -- questioning if the program should be scrapped altogether.
The delivery date of the John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) aircraft carrier to the Navy has been pushed back, an official told lawmakers Tuesday.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Fairbanks Morse Defense has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries today at Sea-Air-Space, an agreement which will seek to further shipbuilding capabilities.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Rather than have individual shipyards draft contracts for outsourced labor, there will soon be one main contract the Navy will be able to draw from for the purpose of expanding outsourced labor for ship and submarine repair, a Navy official said on Tuesday.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Ultra Maritime and Anduril have partnered to further low-cost and low-risk submarine detection capabilities by bridging their respective sensing and autonomous technologies, according to a news release issued Monday.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Re-arming at sea is a Navy priority that has been front of mind amid logistical challenges in the Red Sea, a Navy official said today at Sea-Air-Space.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The first two Lionfish small uncrewed undersea vehicles have been delivered to the Navy, shipbuilder HII announced today.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Unmanned surface vessel developer Saildrone -- in partnership with Thales Australia -- recently successfully integrated an autonomous payload with its Surveyor USV, both companies announced during Sea-Air-Space.
United States shipbuilding is at risk under President Trump's tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, according to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who is leading a bipartisan push in the Senate to end a 25% tariff levied on the majority of Canadian goods.