Adm. Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations, said he believes the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 supports the U.S. Navy’s plans for its future fleet design. Although the law requires the
More
The U.S. Navy is dropping plans to extend by another 10 years the expected 35-year service lives of DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers after it found that the plan was not cost
More
The U.S. Navy has installed a new laser weapon system aboard USS Dewey during dry-docking selected restricted availability work on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. A team of subject matter experts at the
More
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) have called on Defense Secretary and two-time Wash100 award winner Mark Esper to support the current administration’s plan to increase the size of the
More
The U.S. Navy plans to purchase its first Future Surface Combatant ship in 2023 in support of its Arleigh Burke Flight III warship program, USNI News reported Tuesday. The combatant ship will integrate
More
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed on Thursday a bill that would authorize $617.6 billion in base budget for the Defense Department and $68.5 billion in overseas contingency operations funds for fiscal
More
The U.S. collaborated with the U.K. and France to launch a series of missiles to zero in on facilities linked to Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons, The Drive reported Saturday. Dana White,
More
The U.S. Navy plans to increase its fleet size by 45 ships and aims to achieve a 31 percent rise in the number of deployed vessels in the next five years, USNI
More
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 would allocate $686 billion in funds for the Defense Department in support of the implementation of the National Defense Strategy and the White
More
President Donald Trump on Friday signed another continuing resolution to keep federal agencies operational through Jan. 19 at current spending levels, Military.com reported Friday. Trump approved the four-week government funding extension a
More