The Navy plans to establish a new program to boost strategic studies and thinking within the service -- modeled after a similar initiative that was created during the Cold War but ended in 2016.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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 Navy plans to establish a new program to boost strategic studies and thinking within the service -- modeled after a similar initiative that was created during the Cold War but ended in 2016.
Amid program delays and cost increases in the most recent financial quarter, shipbuilder HII is pivoting to a different hiring method by focusing on recruitment of experienced employees rather than a green workforce.
The Navy is seeking information on autonomous capabilities for various purposes, including the ability for autonomous underwater and surface vehicles to react to sensor observations without the need for an operator, according to a request for information posted last week.
Boeing has added a loss of $217 million for the MQ-25 Stingray program, according to company earnings released today.
The Navy's Take Charge and Move Out mission aircraft has a new selected name -- E-130J -- after being previously referred to as E-XX, the service announced Monday.
The Navy is seeking to expand its clean energy generation through development of nuclear power sites on underutilized military land, including seven locations of interest across Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.
Australia plans to transfer $2 billion to the United States before the end of 2025 to bolster the U.S. submarine industrial base as part of the AUKUS partnership and fund long-lead items for the Virginia-class submarine program, a senior Navy official said today.
In recent tests, Raytheon’s Barracuda Mine Neutralization System detected, tracked and held position on a target on its own -- the first time this type of test has been executed with the Barracuda vehicle, according to a Raytheon news release.
The Navy has awarded a $525 million contract to defense contractor Raytheon to produce Block II Evolved Seasparrow Missiles for the U.S. and other allied nations, according to a press release Monday.
The Navy needs to revise cost estimates for its Columbia-class submarine construction and develop a consistent method of identifying whether supplier development funding (SDF) is helping the program correct its schedule, the Government Accountability Office reported Monday.
Shipbuilder HII says there is no indication of malicious intent behind suspected faulty welds on Navy submarines and aircraft carriers at Newport News Shipbuilding, after the Justice Department received notification that they may have been intentionally placed on non-critical components.
Now that Congress has passed a three-month continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 20, the threat posed by the earlier six-month CR proposal is temporarily averted, yet defense officials still have a sense of urgency for Congress to pass a fiscal year 2025 budget.
A new bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation will seek to address incentives for shipbuilders, innovation in shipbuilding and the alignment of maritime regulation and will likely be introduced following the upcoming election, two lawmakers announced Wednesday.
The Navy's E-2/C-2 Airborne Command and Control Systems Program Office didn't effectively manage deficiencies found during operational tests for modifications made to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, according to a report released by the Defense Department's inspector general earlier this week.
As the Navy explores the possibility of implementing alternative warheads for its nuclear-armed sea-launched program, a new group was created earlier this year to guide the effort.
The Navy has awarded aircraft repair companies AAR Government Services and Standard Aero each over $1.2 billion to provide depot-level engine maintenance, repair, overhaul and field assessment and repair for the P-8A Poseidon aircraft, according to a Thursday contract announcement.
In her first public address since publishing the 2024 Navigation Plan earlier this week, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti emphasized the goals outlined in the plan may be difficult to achieve but are realistic.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti has identified seven different targets to increase force readiness by 2027 -- all while highlighting existing budgetary constraints that may impact this goal.
The Navy is taking a novel approach to meeting the munition needs of coalition partners by developing and producing a foreign military sale-only version of a hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon for which the service does not have a requirement.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking proposals for systems that will defend against uncrewed underwater vehicles that may enter U.S. harbors and ports, according to a solicitation posted Sept. 11.