Navy Unveils Record Budget, Pushing Above 300 Ships

Navy Unveils Record Budget, Pushing Above 300 Ships
Navy Unveils Record Budget, Pushing Above 300 Ships

The US Navy now says it’ll reach 355 ships by 2034, while whacking F-35Bs and a carrier from its five-year plan. What’s the strategy?

Boeing’s Block III Super Hornet ‘High End’ Complement To F-35: Stackley

Boeing’s Block III Super Hornet ‘High End’ Complement To F-35: Stackley
Boeing’s Block III Super Hornet ‘High End’ Complement To F-35: Stackley

NATIONAL HARBOR: Boeing’s proposed Block III upgrade to the Super Hornet would be a “fairly high-end” complement to the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter, acting Navy Secretary Sean Stackley believes. Instead of seeing Super Hornets as a potential replacement for the F-35 — as President Trump proposed — Stackley and other naval leaders at the Sea-Air-Space conference…

Inside Boeing’s F-18 Pitch To White House; Fewer F-35Cs Means Shorter Fight

Inside Boeing’s F-18 Pitch To White House; Fewer F-35Cs Means Shorter Fight
Inside Boeing’s F-18 Pitch To White House; Fewer F-35Cs Means Shorter Fight

WASHINGTON: If the Navy would buy one squadron of new F-18s (known as the XT, Block 3 or Advanced Super Hornet) instead of the carrier version of the F-35 it “actually improves overall mission capability, while substantially reducing cost.” But the Navy could go even one better and buy two squadrons of the new F-18, which…