Navy
Confronted with ‘eye-opening’ costs, SecNav vows to root out waste
Phelan said his service is beginning to review existing acquisition contracts and will “demand accountability of the shipbuilding enterprise.”
The Navy wants dashboards that holler before things break
Real-time data is great, leaders say, but they want something more predictive.
Can Navy warships follow aviators’ path to 80%-deployable rates?
Leaders say the keys are planning better, stockpiling parts—and hiring thousands of shipyard workers.
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Navy expands use of AI for target spotting, tracking
Two warships will test prototypes of Rebellion Defense’s IRIS system next year.
A shipbuilder leans into lasers and emerging tech
HII CEO touts mission-systems business, downplays tariffs’ effects, and worries about the federal workforce.
Denmark's naval modernization plan reflects threats from Russia, US
Copenhagen aims to buy one vessel to protect undersea cables and six or more that might defend Greenland.
Add special operators to the Joint Simulation Environment
The X-Men have the right idea: training needs to include the whole team.
Shipbuilders swarm Capitol Hill to lobby for aircraft carrier funding
The Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition wants $600 million to secure building of the years-delayed CVN-82.
How a beatdown at sea turned Russia's navy into China's junior partner
Even the new maritime truce with Ukraine can't change a strategic tilt of the past three years.
Service leaders beg for flexibility as full-year continuing resolution looms
Without a new budget—or relief from the strictures of its absence—the military can’t start new projects or pay for the unexpected.
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F-35 to get new software this summer—but there’s no date yet for planned full upgrade
Lockheed is hoping to wring out problems this year as the new administration revisits purchase plan.
