Navy's 30-Year Plan Charts Course to 355 Ships By 2050s The plan would reach established goals for each ship class in that timeframe except for carriers.
Massive Navy Budget Request Includes Only Modest Shipbuilding Bump The Navy's budget is slated to grow by an astounding $12.6 billion, an increase of seven percent from last year.
Navy: Captains of Ships in Pacific Collisions to Face Criminal Charges A four-star admiral has recommended that the commanding officers of two ships involved in separate deadly collisions last...
Navy's Stealthy Mega-Destroyer Still Doesn't Have a Round for Its Gun The Navy still doesn't know what to load in the Zumwalt's main weapon though it's only two years from being ready for battle.
Navy Has Choice: More Ships or Fewer Missions, Surface Commander Says The commander of Naval Surface Forces believes the Navy can recover from the jarring tragedies of last summer.
Navy's Surface Force Commander Wants Deadlier Fleet A vice admiral wants to develop a more lethal fleet to deny the enemy everything -- even the hope of future victory.
Trump Signs Bill Adding Funds for Missile Defense, Destroyer Fixes The short-term funding bill includes money for missile defense and fixes for the U.S. Navy destroyers damaged in collisions.
Navy Wasted Enough on Continuing Resolutions to Buy F-35 Squadron "Since 2011, we have put $4 billion in a trash can, put lighter fluid on top of it and burned it," Navy Secretary Richard...
Watchstanders Looking Wrong Way Before Fitzgerald Collision: Navy The investigation raised questions about fatigue levels and knowledge gaps that could have contributed to the errors.
Navy Makes Plans for New Destroyer for 2030s The Navy is in the early stages of developing a new destroyer to replace the existing Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...