Biden’s Pentagon Ready To Take Hard New Look At Navy Plans
The Trump administration's belated - and very expensive - plans to reinvent the Navy are about to get a scrubbing by the Biden team.
Navy Secretary: US Plans Patrols Near Russian Arctic Bases
"It’s sort of the same situation in the South China Sea that, when we look at freedom of navigation operations and the ability to operate in international waters, the United States claims the right to be able to do that," SecNav Kenneth Braithwaite said.
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2021: Stormy Seas Ahead While Navy Hammers Out New Fleet
The Trump administration waited four years to come up with a plan to increase the size of the fleet, dumping it on the Pentagon's doorstep even as the moving vans were getting ready to pull up to the White House.
Shipbuilding Plan Calls For Billions In Spending, Surprising Congress
"The contradictions and the flaws in this report are so blatant that I think it's a pretty weak reed to lean on...given the fact that [the Trump administration] basically were just doing Obama's shipbuilding plan up until this point," says Rep. Joe Courtney
USS Bonhomme Richard Heads For Scrapyard After Devastating Fire
With repair costs coming in at about $3.2 billion, the navy is forced to walk away from one of 10 amphibious ships slated to play a big role in the competition with China
Navy Sub Bosses Bullish, But Questions Over Building New Fleet Remain
Esper's Navy plan remains stuck at the White House, but with the Trump term running out, what parts of it will survive?
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Departing Navy Secretary Pushes For New Pacific Fleet Vs. China
Ousted SecDef Esper liked the idea, but Navy Sec. Braithwaite - with just two months left in office -- hasn't spoken about it with the new Acting Secretary before rolling the idea out today.
NSA O’Brien’s Latest Audible on Navy Plans: Calls For More Frigates, Faster
It’s unclear if Robert O’Brien’s calls for hypersonic missiles on destroyers and building more frigates indicate he is inserting himself in Pentagon budget planning.
As US Military Moves Into Palau, China Watches Intently
In a recent meeting between the Navy Secretary and the president of Palau, the US signaled a commitment to "enhanced presence here and for more US Military activity in the future."
Navy CNO: We Need New Destroyers With More Punch
“I don’t want to build a monstrosity. But I need deeper magazines on ships than I have right now,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said today.
Navy Scours Budget To Build More Ships; SecNav Looks To WWII Carriers As Model For Future
In his first substantive public comments about the fleet since assuming the job in May, Kenneth Braithwaite talks about carrier cuts, pumping up shipbuilding budget, and promises from Defense secretary Esper
Esper Echoes Reagan Buildup, Calls For Billions More For Ships
The SecDef wants more money for the Navy's shipbuilding account, and one way to get it is to dip into an existing account, a powerful Congressman says.
Navy Gets Break As Bath Iron Works Strike Finally Ends
As thousands of workers go back on the job at the Maine shipyard, the Navy has a deep readiness hole to dig itself out of.
Fire ‘Gutted’ Much Of USS Bonhomme Richard: CNO Gilday
Breaking Defense has obtained an email from Adm. Michael Gilday detailing the damage of 11 of the amphibious ship’s 14 decks.