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USS George Washington Reaches Middle East to Relieve USS Abraham Lincoln After 270-Day Deployment
The carrier swap comes amid congressional concern over reported crew strain aboard the Lincoln and leaves the Western Pa...
US Awards Raytheon a $22.9 Billion, Seven-Year Tomahawk Production Contract
The award is designed to lift Tomahawk output from about 60 missiles a year to more than 1,000 annually as the Pentagon ...
Trump Memo Pushes Steam Carrier Reversal and Foreign-Owned US Yards
A 13 August memorandum orders a 60-day plan to swap CVN-81's EMALS for steam systems, expands foreign-owned US yard arra...
Ohio Father Offers 'Parent Swap' to Bring Navy Son Home From USS Abraham Lincoln
An Ohio father has asked Sen. Bernie Moreno to find any lawful way for him to take his Navy son's place aboard the USS A...
Trump Orders Navy to Abandon Electromagnetic Catapults and Return to Steam on Carriers
The president's directive reverses a core Ford-class technology, potentially costing billions and unsettling France's ne...
USS John F. Kennedy Begins Acceptance Trials Ahead of March 2027 Handover
The second Ford-class carrier departed Newport News Shipbuilding for final at-sea evaluation, with Navy handover project...
USS Abraham Lincoln's 250-Day Deployment Triggers Senate Demands on Crew Conditions
Families report exhaustion, broken toilets and jump attempts as the carrier passes 250 days at sea. Senator Blumenthal i...
When a US Navy Battleship Tried to Shoot Down Venus in 1945
A tense World War II Pacific crossing, a bright object on the horizon and no radar confirmation led the crew of the USS ...
CBO Estimates $275 Billion Price Tag for US Navy’s Trump-Class Battleships
A new Congressional Budget Office analysis projects $275bn for 15 nuclear-powered guided missile battleships, revealing ...
U.S. Navy's Trump-Class Nuclear Battleships Could Cost $275 Billion, CBO Says
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the proposed 15-ship class of nuclear-powered battleships would far outstrip t...
Navy Reclassifies 19 Virginia-Class Subs as Guided Missile Boats, Signaling New Strike Doctrine
The US Navy redesignated 19 planned Virginia-class attack submarines as guided missile submarines, tripling their Tomaha...
Boeing Lands First Production Deal for Jet-Powered JDAM, Extending Bomb Range Past 300 Miles
The US Navy will receive initial GBU-75 kits that turn conventional JDAMs into standoff weapons with cruise-missile reac...
US Navy Reclassifies VPM-Equipped Virginia Submarines as SSGNs
The reclassification of Virginia-class Blocks V and VI submarines as guided missile submarines (SSGNs) formalizes their ...
Raytheon Begins SPY-6(V)4 Testing as US Navy Readies 47-Ship Radar Backfit
Raytheon has installed a SPY-6(V)4 array in Virginia, advancing the US Navy's plan to put AESA radar on 47 Arleigh Burke...
Two Commercial Ships Targeted Near UAE and Oman as US Intensifies Iranian Port Blockade
Two vessels were hit by unknown projectiles off the UAE and Oman on Sunday. Crews are safe but one ship is ablaze and ad...
Hegseth Asks Senate for $67.1 Billion for Iran War as Costs Hit $37.5 Billion
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified that the Iran conflict has cost $37.5B so far and requested a $67.1B emergency ...