Navy eyeing ‘ZEUS,’ an upgrade program for the Zumwalt destroyers
The Zumwalt class has become notorious for its cost overruns. Now, the Navy is considering even further changes.
Navy’s amphib Bataan receives first permanent metal 3D printer for parts
The jump to metal-based 3D printing for Navy ships has been a long time coming, as the service wants quick fixes for commonly degraded parts.
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Problems with Bougainville LHA-8 cited in GAO report now resolved, Navy says
Navy says delay also caused by ship mods to accommodate F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and COVID-19.
Why the Navy wants to fix a ship it is asking to decommission
LCS-19 will be the third ship to receive the combining gear fix, but is also on the shortlist to be decommissioned.
Navy stands up fire safety office at NAVSEA
The new NAVSEA office is being established in response to an estimated $6 billion spent in recent years to repair or replace fire-damaged vessels.
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.
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Navy Acquisition Boosts Ship Contract Awards Under COVID-19
“I think there are ways we can come out of this much more resilient, but you know it's hard to change bureaucracy and institutional ways of doing business [to] make sure that this disruption doesn't go to waste,” says Navy acquisition chief James Geurts.
After ‘Significant Cyber Issues,’ NAVSEA Fights Back
A top Admiral says the Navy hasn’t been keeping up with “rapid changes in the digital/data analytics world with the sense of urgency needed in this era of Great Power Competition.”
Navy Wants Faster Ship Repairs; 70% Of Destroyer Fleet Late
SAN DIEGO: If the Navy ever hopes to reach its goal of a 355-ship fleet, it won’t be by simply building new hulls and launching them. Instead, the admirals have long recognized they’ll have to extend the lives of dozens of ships already long in the tooth — and do so at a time when […]
Nuke Sub Launch Tube Problems Found: ‘Warning Flags Are Up’
WASHINGTON: The Navy has discovered problems with the welds on 12 nuclear missile launch tubes, some for America’s $122.3 billion Columbia-class submarine program and others for the Royal Navy’s Dreadnought submarines. The issue is serious enough that Rep. Joe Courtney, top Democrat on the House seapower subcommittee, told me “the warning flags are up.” There is […]
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
Destroyers Maxed Out, Navy Looks To New Hulls: Power For Radars & Lasers
ARLINGTON: The Navy has crammed as much electronics as it can into its new DDG-51 Flight III destroyers now beginning construction, Rear Adm. William Galinis said this morning. That drives the service towards a new Large Surface Combatant that can comfortably accommodate the same high-powered radars, as well as future weapons such as lasers, on […]
Keep Ships Longer To Boost Fleet Size: 355 Ships By 2035
Instead of growing from 284 ships now to 355 in 2052-2055, the timeframe officials cited in the past, the Navy could reach its goal in 2032-2035, said Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, chief of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).
LCS Grows Teeth, At Last…
SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION: The Littoral Combat Ship is finally about to get the capabilities envisioned for it at the start, 15 years ago, Navy leaders told the annual conference here. The four much-criticized ships now in service have boast little firepower: a 57 millimeter deck gun; two 30mm autocannon, and a MH-60 helicopter (with varying […]
Frigate Design Awards By April; $950M Max, VLS Mandatory
UPDATED with CNO comment on importance of program CRYSTAL CITY: By the end of March, the Navy will award four to six contracts for “conceptual” designs of a future frigate. That ship that must cost under $950 million, have “Grade A shock hardening” on key systems to survive blasts, and carry at least 16 Vertical Launch […]