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Austal focuses on ship repair, supplying components while it awaits construction contracts

The Navy has gaps in its repair capacity and its supply base capacity. Austal has two production lines in need of work, after some shipbuilding programs were delayed. The company says it can adjust to meet Navy near-term needs in a mutually beneficial way.

Navy working with services on data, but Project Overmatch details remain scarce

Officials say the services are working together to advance their individual Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiatives.

Textron drone deploys on US Navy destroyer as contractor-operated ISR node

Two 7th Fleet-based destroyers that don't have their own helicopters will get to leverage Textron UAVs instead, to give the ships an organic air search capability.

Marine Corps nearing initial operational capability for CH-53K heavy lift helicopter

The CH-53K is through all its required testing scenarios and is working through ticking off the final boxes before the Marine Corps can declare it operational.

A ship that can’t combat threats ‘doesn’t do me good’

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro says ships that can’t combat threats to the service are dead weight — comments that come as the force seeks to decommission 24 ships next fiscal year.

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Roundup: Top items at Sea-Air-Space 2021

Defense News Weekly's Andrea Scott gives an inside look at some of the top items on the show floor at this year's Sea-Air-Space conference.

Here's how the Navy could make combat system upgrades much cheaper and easier

Is it still important to count ships?

Could hybrid-electric drive systems become more prevalent?

Intel folks: Wanna take your phone to work?

IntelliSense device gives tanks 360 view

The US Navy had cybersecurity wrong. Expect change.

“We have 15 years of track record that proves that the current approach to cybersecurity, driven by a checklist mentality, is wrong,” says Aaron Weis, the service's chief information officer. “It doesn’t work.”

By Colin Demarest

Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), Fleet replenishment oiler ship USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) and amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) transit the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 12, 2019.

Some lawmakers back Marines in disagreement over Navy amphib force

The two top lawmakers on the HASC seapower subcommittee want to continue LPD amphibious ship construction, which the Marine Corps supports but the Navy wants to cancel.

By Megan Eckstein

Navy, Marines push ‘campaigning forward’ strategy as vital to deterring China

The Navy and Marines say "campaigning forward," or being a constant presence where the enemy wants to be operating, will be an effective deterrent against Chinese aggression.

By Megan Eckstein

Laser weapons development should involve multiple suppliers, says Northrop

A modular approach to laser weapon development that encourages companies to specialize in individual subsystems rather than the whole integrated product could help the Pentagon expand the industrial base for these kinds of future weapons technologies.

By Megan Eckstein

US Navy reveals ships facing potential decommissioning next year

The Navy wants to decommission 24 ships in 2023. Eight are at the end of their planned lives, but 16 would be retired early and will require a waiver and congressional approval.

By Megan Eckstein

Raytheon wins SPY-6 radar contract worth up to $3.2 billion

The Navy awarded Raytheon a contract worth up to $3.16 billion to provide radars for as many as 31 destroyers, frigates, aircraft carriers and amphibious ships over the next five years.

By Megan Eckstein

As US Navy rethinks its fleet, Ingalls Shipbuilding faces uncertain future

Over the past three years, the U.S. Navy has tightened its budget and changed its requirements, making the future look far less rosy for a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

By Megan Eckstein

Top Navy official says service needs a larger fleet and a larger share of the budget

If you’re confused about the size of the future U.S. Navy fleet, you’re not alone.

By Megan Eckstein

Six questions with the US Navy’s top officer, Adm. Mike Gilday

The chief of naval operations addresses data-driven efforts to improve readiness, how to develop the right unmanned systems and more.

By Megan Eckstein

Austal ahead of schedule in yard upgrades, but still awaiting ships to build

The Alabama shipyard is ahead of schedule in converting its manufacturing facilities to build steel ships. The challenge now: finding a steel ship contract to bid on.

By Megan Eckstein

Raytheon’s precision landing system could be coming to more allied ships, expeditionary airfields soon

The U.S. Navy already has the JPALS precision landing system on its carriers and amphibious assault ships -- but the more allies that have the system, the more options open up for future operations.

By Megan Eckstein

US Navy completes testing of littoral combat ship’s minesweeper system

The fifth of six pieces of the LCS's mine countermeasures mission package is through testing, paving the way for integration mission package testing and certification for operations in 2022.

By Megan Eckstein

General Dynamics opens new unmanned underwater vehicle manufacturing center

General Dynamics opened a new unmanned underwater vehicle manufacturing and assembly facility as its Knifefish UUV program nears operational testing.

By Megan Eckstein

US Navy nears decisions on new small, medium underwater drones

The U.S. Navy is “well on its way” to delivering replacement small and medium unmanned underwater vehicles that will support the submarine and the expeditionary mine countermeasures communities.

By Megan Eckstein

The Navy has gaps in its repair capacity and its supply base capacity. Austal has two production lines in need of work, after some shipbuilding programs were delayed. The company says it can adjust to meet Navy near-term needs in a mutually beneficial way.

Officials say the services are working together to advance their individual Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiatives.

Two 7th Fleet-based destroyers that don't have their own helicopters will get to leverage Textron UAVs instead, to give the ships an organic air search capability.

The CH-53K is through all its required testing scenarios and is working through ticking off the final boxes before the Marine Corps can declare it operational.

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro says ships that can’t combat threats to the service are dead weight — comments that come as the force seeks to decommission 24 ships next fiscal year.

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Defense News Weekly's Andrea Scott gives an inside look at some of the top items on the show floor at this year's Sea-Air-Space conference.

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“We have 15 years of track record that proves that the current approach to cybersecurity, driven by a checklist mentality, is wrong,” says Aaron Weis, the service's chief information officer. “It doesn’t work.”

The two top lawmakers on the HASC seapower subcommittee want to continue LPD amphibious ship construction, which the Marine Corps supports but the Navy wants to cancel.

The Navy and Marines say "campaigning forward," or being a constant presence where the enemy wants to be operating, will be an effective deterrent against Chinese aggression.

A modular approach to laser weapon development that encourages companies to specialize in individual subsystems rather than the whole integrated product could help the Pentagon expand the industrial base for these kinds of future weapons technologies.

The Navy wants to decommission 24 ships in 2023. Eight are at the end of their planned lives, but 16 would be retired early and will require a waiver and congressional approval.

The Navy awarded Raytheon a contract worth up to $3.16 billion to provide radars for as many as 31 destroyers, frigates, aircraft carriers and amphibious ships over the next five years.

Over the past three years, the U.S. Navy has tightened its budget and changed its requirements, making the future look far less rosy for a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

If you’re confused about the size of the future U.S. Navy fleet, you’re not alone.

The chief of naval operations addresses data-driven efforts to improve readiness, how to develop the right unmanned systems and more.

The Alabama shipyard is ahead of schedule in converting its manufacturing facilities to build steel ships. The challenge now: finding a steel ship contract to bid on.

The U.S. Navy already has the JPALS precision landing system on its carriers and amphibious assault ships -- but the more allies that have the system, the more options open up for future operations.

The fifth of six pieces of the LCS's mine countermeasures mission package is through testing, paving the way for integration mission package testing and certification for operations in 2022.

General Dynamics opened a new unmanned underwater vehicle manufacturing and assembly facility as its Knifefish UUV program nears operational testing.

The U.S. Navy is “well on its way” to delivering replacement small and medium unmanned underwater vehicles that will support the submarine and the expeditionary mine countermeasures communities.

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