General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) began conducting sea trials of the US Navy’s third and final Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer on Friday, August 27. The trials ..
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OPINION | The US Navy needs to admit it can’t outbuild China
The most often quoted line of the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu is that, “supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without ..
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Top Stories 2019: U.S. Navy Acquisition
This post is part of a series of review stories looking back at the top naval news from 2019.
2019 started with a surprise in the Navy budget request: the service needed to buy and test unmanned surface vehicles immediately to reach its ultimate goals for the surface force, and it was willing to sacrifice almost anything – including sidelining an aircraft carrier – to free up the funds to do so.
The year continued with a contract award for the first carrier-based unmanned aircraft, troubles with...
https://news.usni.org/2020/01/03/top-stories-2019-u-s-navy-acquisition
Top Stories 2018: Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime stories in 2018. This story is part of USNI News year-end series.
F-35C Joint Strike Fighter
An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 sits chained on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on Dec. 9, 2018. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s F-35C had an important year, with the fighter seeing its...
Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Destroyer Programs
The following is the Oct. 22, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress.
This report presents background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Navy’s Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) and Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyer programs. The Navy procured DDG-51s from FY1985 through FY2005, and resumed procuring them in FY2010. The three DDG-51s requested for procurement in FY2019 are to be the 80th, 81st,...
https://news.usni.org/2018/11/15/report-congress-u-s-navy-destroyer-programs-6