Cruisers

Navy to extend the service life of 16 warships

In line with the intent of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s NAVPLAN 2024, which directs the Navy to “get more ready players on the field,” the Department of the Navy said on Oct. 31 that it plans to operate 12 Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) Flight I destroyers beyond their 35-year expected service life. Then, today, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that, additionally, the Navy plans to operate three Ticonderoga-class (CG 47) cruisers beyond their expected service...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/navy-to-extend-the-service-life-of-16-warships/

Marines Want VTOL Family of Systems for Future Vertical Lift

An MV-22 Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362, idles on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8), Feb. 4. Makin Island is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nadia Lund)

The Marine Corps have landed on a family-of-systems approach to developing its next rotary-wing fleet, as it refines requirements for its Future Vertical Lift program, service officials said on...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/09/marines-want-vtol-family-of-systems-for-future-vertical-lift

HASC Seapower Mark Adds Second Destroyer, Paves Way For Cruiser Decommissionings

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding on June 5, 2021. HII Photo

The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s mark of the annual defense policy bill authorizes a second destroyer in the Navy’s shipbuilding budget and paves the way for the service to retire several aging guided-missile cruisers.

The subcommittee’s mark of the Fiscal Year 2022 defense policy bill, released Tuesday, authorizes eight battle...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/27/hasc-seapower-mark-adds-second-destroyer-paves-way-for-cruiser-decommissionings

Next Navy Helos Will Be Mix of Manned, Unmanned

An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 performs ground turns aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) in May 2015. US Navy photo

The Navy is pursuing both manned and unmanned platforms for the aircraft that will replace its rotary-wing fleet, according to a service official.

Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, who leads the chief of naval operation’s air warfare directorate (OPNAV N98), said during a Navy League breakfast this week that...

The World of Post Pandemic Cruising – Big Ships Over Small?

As the world looks toward the post pandemic world, one thing that’s staring at many people is the change in traveling. When CDC’s no-sail order expires, how will cruisers return to the water is the question in everyone’s mind. Will it be mega ships or small cruises that will find favour.

An article published in Travel Pulse sought to understand the emerging new normal of the cruise industry. Let’s take a look at it.

The Large Ship Advantage

Like always, it depends on the traveler.

“From a social...

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