by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Tomorrow is Independence Day in the United States and what could be more American than sitting on the beach, reading about heavy industry and the…
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Navy Risks Blowback in Bid to Scrap $5 Billion of Troubled Ships
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –The US Navy wants to scrap nine of 16 Littoral Combat Ships built by Lockheed Martin Corp. well short of their projected service lives in order…
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20 Years of Naval Trends Guarantee a FY2023 Shipbuilding Plan Failure
“About 300 ships, achieved in FY2018, will provide a force capable of… assuring access in any theater of operations, even in the face of new anti-access/area-denial strategies and technologies.” —Annual…
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U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Plan Skirts Decision on Trump’s 355-Ship Target for Now
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan puts off a decision about whether to stick with the Trump administration’s target for a 355-vessel fleet until at…
GE Haggles With Shipyard Over Unpaid US Navy Supercarrier Bill
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Four years after the U.S. Navy’s costliest warship was hobbled by a flaw in its propulsion system, prime contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries and subcontractor General Electric…
Bollinger Announces Latest Order from General Dynamics Electric Boat
Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has announced its latest order from General Dynamics Electric Boat in support of the U.S. Navy’s new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. The shipbuilder will construct a…
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Former US Navy Engineer, Wife Face Judge in Submarine Espionage Case
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – A former U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife on Tuesday faced their first court hearing on charges they attempted to sell secrets about…
Over 300 Lay-Offs Announced at Newport News Shipbuilding
More than 300 salaried employees at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia have been informed they will be laid off as the nation’s leading defense shipbuilder reshapes its workforce. Newport New…
Navy Names New Frigates the “Constellation Class”
U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite has selected “Constellation” as the name of the Navy’s newest class of frigates. The name was announced by Braithwaite this week while aboard the museum ship Constellation in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The lead ship in the class, USS Constellation (FFG 62),...
U.S. Navy Swaps Sub for Destroyer in 2021 Budget Request Shift
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The Pentagon is bolstering the number of warships the Navy will seek in its fiscal 2021 budget request after the White House complained an initial proposal was too low to meet President Donald Trump’s long-term target, according to officials. In the budget proposal...