Fleet cybersecurity funding to see ‘increased investment’ in FY27 budget request: Navy official
The Navy has the chance to bake in cybersecurity from the beginning as it builds its Golden Fleet concept.
First Trump-class battleship could cost over $20 billion: CBO
Follow on ships could cost anywhere from $9 billion to $13 billion per vessel if orders begin today, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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Multi-channel data link reshapes Navy’s communications capabilities
The Network Tactical Common Data Link system enables secure comms and ISR for carrier strike groups and their air and naval assets.
Choices for next destroyer paved way for Navy’s new battleship program
“I did not expect to be told to build a battleship when I got this job, and I will tell you, I'm extremely excited about it,” said Rear Adm. Derek Trinque, the Navy's director of surface warfare.
Five stories that made waves for the sea services: 2025 review
A new big boss? A new big ship? 2025 held a lot of change for the sea services with even more foreshadowed coming in 2026 and beyond.
Trump announces new Trump-class ‘battleship’ as part of ‘Golden Fleet’
The new vessel, coming in around 30,000 tons, will be capable of carrying surface-launched nuclear missiles, creating what Navy Secretary John Phelan called a new nuclear deterrent.
Navy announces new frigate class, taps HII to build off national security cutter
“Recent operations from the Red Sea to the Caribbean make the requirement undeniable,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said.
How technology, strategy and industry are shaping the next fleet
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What it would take to build Trump’s Golden Fleet ‘battleships’
“The interesting part of this is it’s not just a kind of fleeting presidential idea, but this is, in fact, something that does kind of resonate with what the Navy's finding it probably needs to do with the fleet through its own work,” one analyst said.