ARLINGTON, Va.—The Navy will christen the future USS Marinette (LCS 25) as the newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a 10:00 a.m. CST ceremony Saturday, Nov. 20, in Marinette, Wisconsin, the Defense Department said Nov. 19. The principal speaker…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Future LCS USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul
MARINETTE, WIS. – The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard Nov. 18, Program Executive Office – Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) Public Affairs said in a release. …
Rear Adm. Pappano: Supply Chain Fragility is No. 1 Risk to Columbia SSBN Program
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of building the Navy’s next-generation ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) said the fragility of the submarine industrial base supply chain is the main risk to the Columbia SSBN going on patrol on time in October…
Rear Adm. Perry: First New-Production Mark 48 Torpedoes Set for 2022 Delivery
ARLINGTON, Va. — The first of a new-production batch of heavy-weight torpedoes (HWTs) is slated for delivery to the U.S. Navy fleet beginning in fiscal 2022, the Navy’s submarine resource sponsor said. Rear Adm. Doug Perry, director of Undersea Warfare…
Vice Adm. Wolfe: Hypersonic Weapon Load for Zumwalt DDGs Under Study
ARLINGTON, Va. — With the Zumwalt-class destroyer set to be the first ship to be armed with the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missiles, the Navy is studying the parameters for the weapon load-out for the ships, a senior Navy…
Vice Adm. Houston: Sub Force Approaching Inflection Point of 50 SSNs
ARLINGTON, Va. — The decline in the number of the Navy’s attack submarines (SSNs) is leveling out sooner than was feared just a few years ago, made possible by the decision to extend the service lives of some older SSNs. …
Adm. Caldwell: ‘It’s a Great Time to Be a Submariner’
ARLINGTON, Va. — The director of the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program told an audience of active-duty and retired submariners that the current era of great power competition is highly demanding of the submarine force but is an exciting time…
Moran: China Way Ahead of US on AI Data
ARLINGTON, Va. — The United States still has an edge in two aspects of artificial intelligence (AI), but the People’s Republic of China is ahead on a third aspect and rapidly closing on the other two, a retired Navy admiral…
Naval Surface Warfare Center Implements Navy Continuous Training Environment Tool for Live Virtual Constructive Training
To meet the goal of digital transformation that seeks to eliminate onboard technical assists to ships by 2030 and advance the Navy’s training capabilities, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division has connected to the Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE)….
Virginia-Class SSN New Jersey Christened at Newport News Shipbuilding
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries christened pre-commissioning unit New Jersey (SSN 796) Nov. 13 at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, the company said in a release. “The christening is a Navy and shipbuilder tradition that celebrates the hard work…
