Attack Sub Connecticut Strikes Unknown Object At Sea

Attack Sub Connecticut Strikes Unknown Object At Sea
Attack Sub Connecticut Strikes Unknown Object At Sea

The Navy says none of the crew sustained life threatening injuries.

New Navy Command To Oversee Unmanned Ships As They Work With Fleet

New Navy Command To Oversee Unmanned Ships As They Work With Fleet
New Navy Command To Oversee Unmanned Ships As They Work With Fleet

The Navy is standing up its first operational unmanned ship command, a big moment in the Pentagon’s move toward autonomy

US Warship Fries Drone With Powerful New Laser

US Warship Fries Drone With Powerful New Laser
US Warship Fries Drone With Powerful New Laser

In a first, the USS Portland took down a target drone with a new solid state laser this week, the first step in the Navy’s quest to get the powerful weapon on more ships in the future.

New Admiral In The Pacific, And He’s Got His Eye On China

New Admiral In The Pacific, And He’s Got His Eye On China
New Admiral In The Pacific, And He’s Got His Eye On China

The incoming commander of US Pacific Fleet issues a warning about growing Chinese ambitions while taking charge of the world’s largest fleet.

Marines Need Submarines: Commandant Neller On Major War

Marines Need Submarines: Commandant Neller On Major War
Marines Need Submarines: Commandant Neller On Major War

SAN DIEGO: Why does the Marine Corps Commandant want the Navy to build more attack boats? “As a naval force, part of a maritime campaign, we need more attack submarines,” Gen. Robert Neller said at the AFCEA-USNI WEST conference. Why? “I want to get where I’m going,” Neller said to laughter from the audience. “A bunch…

LCS In Pacific: Run Silent, Run Shallow

LCS In Pacific: Run Silent, Run Shallow
LCS In Pacific: Run Silent, Run Shallow

What good is a little ship in a big war on a big ocean? It can hide behind islands and in shallow waters, sniping at the enemy fleet — much like the PT boats of World War II or skirmishers in a Napoleonic army. That’s the US Navy’s newest argument for its much-criticized Littoral Combat…

Navy’s Fixing Itself, Congress Must Fix Budget: Wittman, Courtney

Navy’s Fixing Itself, Congress Must Fix Budget: Wittman, Courtney
Navy’s Fixing Itself, Congress Must Fix Budget: Wittman, Courtney

UPDATED from hearing and House vote WASHINGTON: The Navy is doing a good job addressing the problems revealed by last summer’s fatal collisions at sea, for example by filing criminal charges this week against officers involved, the Republican chairman and ranking Democrat of the House seapower subcommittee say. Now Congress needs to do its part and pass…

SecNav Spencer Seeks Repeal of Sen. Inouye Statute After Pacific Collisions

SecNav Spencer Seeks Repeal of Sen. Inouye Statute After Pacific Collisions
SecNav Spencer Seeks Repeal of Sen. Inouye Statute After Pacific Collisions

WASHINGTON: Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has asked legislators to repeal an obscure statute that he says hinders Navy readiness in the Pacific, where accidents this summer killed 17 sailors. Armed Services committee leaders seem receptive, but it’s the appropriators who’ll have to change the provision in question, which was written by their late, great chairman…