Business

Boeing, Shipbuilder Team Up to Build Giant Underwater Drones

The aerospace firm is bringing Huntington Ingalls on to help with its 50-ton Echo Voyager — and that’s just for starters.

Policy

US Navy Sends Congress $5.3B Wishlist of Planes, Ships and More

The 48-item ‘unfunded priorities list’ arrived a week after the service’s $172 billion budget request for 2018.

Threats

CNO: We Need a Bigger, Better Fleet Far Sooner Than You Think

Adm. John Richardson lays out an urgent vision for meeting the 21st century’s sail-to-steam moment.

Science & Tech

Trump Wants ‘Goddamned Steam,’ Not Digital Catapults on Aircraft Carriers

The president's criticism of the USS Ford's EMALS 'blindsided' Navy officials.

Science & Tech

The Five Coolest Drones from America's Biggest Naval Arms Show

New drones above and beneath the waves will change the way navies sail and fight in contested waters.

Ideas

WATCH: Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition 2017

Join us as we livestream the final day of this year's conference. Or you can catch up on Monday and Tuesday's live-streamed discussions here, too.

Business

Boeing Launches Info War on the Navy’s F-35

The aerospace firm is quietly urging policymakers to cut planned purchases of carrier-based Joint Strike Fighters and buy Advanced Super Hornets instead.

Ideas

What's the Purpose of President Trump's Navy?

Does the president's specified goal of 350 ships meet the needs of the nation in the 21st century? The answer is not yet clear.

Ideas

Watch: The Future of War and the US Navy

How does the Navy's cyber requirements chief keep up with the lightning-fast evolution of network tools and threats? Rear Adm. Nancy Norton explains.

Threats

Now China Wants All Subs in the South China Sea to Ask Permission, Surface, Show Flag

Beijing's proposed revisions to maritime law, if adopted, could set up a nuclear naval confrontation with the United States in international waters China claims to own.

Business

Can a ‘Comparable’ Super Hornet Steal Orders from the F-35C?

Two aircraft are on President Trump’s radar. Here’s how they’re different, and why it matters to more than just power players in Washington.

Business

Charted: Here’s How the Cost of the F-35 is Changing

The per-plane cost for the Navy and Marine Corps variants both rose before falling.

Science & Tech

How the Navy’s Warship Shop Uses Data to Do More with Less

A Navy program office turned to an analytics and visualization tool to help optimize complex tasks.

Science & Tech

Pentagon Tester: F-35 Program Rushing Tests, Delays Still Likely

The JSF's latest report card finds 276 deficiencies in combat performance.

Science & Tech

The US Navy Hopes a Reporting App Can Reduce Sexual Assault

A six-month, $150,000 pilot project is testing an app initially created to prevent campus gun violence.

Policy

Littoral Combat Ship, at a Crossroads

With the ship’s purchase plans in doubt, detractors exchange fire with Navy supporters at contentious Senate hearing.

Science & Tech

A Glimpse At How the F-35 Will Help the Marines Storm the Beach

In a California demonstration, the short-takeoff fighters escorted troop-carrying V-22s into simulated hostile territory.

Science & Tech

The F-35B Just Got A Lot Deadlier

In a proof-of-concept experiment, data passed instantly from a Marine Corps fighter allowed a shipboard Aegis system to shoot down a drone.