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US Navy facing early challenges in modernizing dry docks for submarine maintenance
The Navy needs to overhaul several dry docks at its four public shipyards so they can accommodate new attack submarines and aircraft carriers — but the first attempt to build a new dry dock in Maine is already facing cost-overruns and schedule delays.
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Marines explain vision for fewer traditional amphibious warships
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have finessed their requirement for amphibious ships, now asking for 28 to 31 traditional amphibious ships that could flow in to support forces already operating in an area if a conflict broke out.
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US Navy conducts first of three blasts in carrier Gerald R. Ford shock trials
The U.S. Navy conducted the first of three in-water blasts near first-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, kicking off the full-ship shock trials process on a nuclear-powered carrier for the first time in 34 years.
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Navy releases long-range shipbuilding plan that drops emphasis on 355 ships, lays out fleet design priorities
The Navy submitted an abbreviated update to its shipbuilding plans steps back from the focus on 355 ships and instead lays out priorities for a future distributed naval force.
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Lawmakers crunching the numbers on potential surface Navy additions to FY22 spending plan
Lawmakers are unhappy the Navy both requested to decommission seven cruisers and cut its planned two-destroyer buy down to one in its fiscal 2022 spending request.
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Lawmakers are worried about the US Navy’s spending plan and a near-term China threat
The Navy’s FY22 spending plans met resistance from lawmakers who worry that it doesn’t preserve enough force structure for a near-term fight with China and that it doesn’t invest enough in growing the fleet.
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Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine announces Mark Vandroff as new shipyard CEO
Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine announced a leadership change at the Wisconsin shipyard, with retired U.S. Navy captain Mark Vandroff set to take over as CEO in July.
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Cost of US Navy’s Ship-to-Shore Connector breaches Nunn-McCurdy law
The cost of a ship replacement program has risen enough to breach cost thresholds, but Navy says the program has stabilized.
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Small drone biz Vanilla Unmanned has big plans for the US Navy
Vanilla Unmanned, a small business that was featured in an April naval drill, promises “world-record endurance, unmatched payload, and then a disruptive cost profile” in its Group 3 UAV that it hopes will change how the Navy thinks about unmanned aircraft.
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FY22 shipbuilding budget could do more to pave the way for US Navy fleet transformation, experts say
The fiscal 2022 shipbuilding budget was never going to kick off a shipbuilding renaissance to transform the U.S. Navy into its envisioned future fleet design. But experts argue it could have done a lot more to get ready for the upcoming wave of shipbuilding.
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US Navy facing early challenges in modernizing dry docks for submarine maintenance
The Navy needs to overhaul several dry docks at its four public shipyards so they can accommodate new attack submarines and aircraft carriers — but the first attempt to build a new dry dock in Maine is already facing cost-overruns and schedule delays.
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Marines explain vision for fewer traditional amphibious warships
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have finessed their requirement for amphibious ships, now asking for 28 to 31 traditional amphibious ships that could flow in to support forces already operating in an area if a conflict broke out.
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US Navy conducts first of three blasts in carrier Gerald R. Ford shock trials
The U.S. Navy conducted the first of three in-water blasts near first-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, kicking off the full-ship shock trials process on a nuclear-powered carrier for the first time in 34 years.
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Navy releases long-range shipbuilding plan that drops emphasis on 355 ships, lays out fleet design priorities
The Navy submitted an abbreviated update to its shipbuilding plans steps back from the focus on 355 ships and instead lays out priorities for a future distributed naval force.
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Lawmakers crunching the numbers on potential surface Navy additions to FY22 spending plan
Lawmakers are unhappy the Navy both requested to decommission seven cruisers and cut its planned two-destroyer buy down to one in its fiscal 2022 spending request.
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Lawmakers are worried about the US Navy’s spending plan and a near-term China threat
The Navy’s FY22 spending plans met resistance from lawmakers who worry that it doesn’t preserve enough force structure for a near-term fight with China and that it doesn’t invest enough in growing the fleet.
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Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine announces Mark Vandroff as new shipyard CEO
Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine announced a leadership change at the Wisconsin shipyard, with retired U.S. Navy captain Mark Vandroff set to take over as CEO in July.
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Cost of US Navy’s Ship-to-Shore Connector breaches Nunn-McCurdy law
The cost of a ship replacement program has risen enough to breach cost thresholds, but Navy says the program has stabilized.
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Small drone biz Vanilla Unmanned has big plans for the US Navy
Vanilla Unmanned, a small business that was featured in an April naval drill, promises “world-record endurance, unmatched payload, and then a disruptive cost profile” in its Group 3 UAV that it hopes will change how the Navy thinks about unmanned aircraft.
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FY22 shipbuilding budget could do more to pave the way for US Navy fleet transformation, experts say
The fiscal 2022 shipbuilding budget was never going to kick off a shipbuilding renaissance to transform the U.S. Navy into its envisioned future fleet design. But experts argue it could have done a lot more to get ready for the upcoming wave of shipbuilding.
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US Navy facing early challenges in modernizing dry docks for submarine maintenance
The Navy needs to overhaul several dry docks at its four public shipyards so they can accommodate new attack submarines and aircraft carriers — but the first attempt to build a new dry dock in Maine is already facing cost-overruns and schedule delays.
-
Marines explain vision for fewer traditional amphibious warships
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have finessed their requirement for amphibious ships, now asking for 28 to 31 traditional amphibious ships that could flow in to support forces already operating in an area if a conflict broke out.
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US Navy conducts first of three blasts in carrier Gerald R. Ford shock trials
The U.S. Navy conducted the first of three in-water blasts near first-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, kicking off the full-ship shock trials process on a nuclear-powered carrier for the first time in 34 years.
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Navy releases long-range shipbuilding plan that drops emphasis on 355 ships, lays out fleet design priorities
The Navy submitted an abbreviated update to its shipbuilding plans steps back from the focus on 355 ships and instead lays out priorities for a future distributed naval force.
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Lawmakers crunching the numbers on potential surface Navy additions to FY22 spending plan
Lawmakers are unhappy the Navy both requested to decommission seven cruisers and cut its planned two-destroyer buy down to one in its fiscal 2022 spending request.
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Lawmakers are worried about the US Navy’s spending plan and a near-term China threat
The Navy’s FY22 spending plans met resistance from lawmakers who worry that it doesn’t preserve enough force structure for a near-term fight with China and that it doesn’t invest enough in growing the fleet.
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Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine announces Mark Vandroff as new shipyard CEO
Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine announced a leadership change at the Wisconsin shipyard, with retired U.S. Navy captain Mark Vandroff set to take over as CEO in July.
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Cost of US Navy’s Ship-to-Shore Connector breaches Nunn-McCurdy law
The cost of a ship replacement program has risen enough to breach cost thresholds, but Navy says the program has stabilized.
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Small drone biz Vanilla Unmanned has big plans for the US Navy
Vanilla Unmanned, a small business that was featured in an April naval drill, promises “world-record endurance, unmatched payload, and then a disruptive cost profile” in its Group 3 UAV that it hopes will change how the Navy thinks about unmanned aircraft.
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FY22 shipbuilding budget could do more to pave the way for US Navy fleet transformation, experts say
The fiscal 2022 shipbuilding budget was never going to kick off a shipbuilding renaissance to transform the U.S. Navy into its envisioned future fleet design. But experts argue it could have done a lot more to get ready for the upcoming wave of shipbuilding.
