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AUKUS agreement requires submarine production boost, Franchetti says
She laid out the submarine production rate needed for AUKUS at her Senate hearing, though her confirmation is uncertain.
Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan offers three options to increase the size of the fleet
Only one of the proposed options gets the Navy to 355 ships by 2052.
By Diana Stancy
Meet the Navy’s next MCPON
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday announced his selection for the sea service's top enlisted leader Thursday.
Capt. Crozier, hero to his Teddy Roosevelt sailors and then fired, set to retire
Crozier was relieved in the spring of 2020 after an email pleading for more help for his sailors was leaked to the media.
Inflation and unpredictable funding are straining Navy readiness, says top officer
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said the Navy’s funding levels have remained “flat relative to inflation for over a decade."
By Diana Stancy
US Navy accepts first Freedom LCS since discovering widespread defect in combining gear system
The Navy is satisfied that land-based and at-sea testing of the new combining gear system — and its bearings, specifically — sufficiently wrung out the new design, and now the service can move forward with installing the fix in new-construction and in-service ships.
Gilday outlines goal for Navy to become the most diverse service
The ultimate goal is for the force to respect, and benefit from, diversity, Gilday said.
By Diana Stancy
For US military leaders, Afghan news strikes personal chord
The top two Pentagon leaders made it clear that the scenes unfolding in Afghanistan were tough for them to watch.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Maritime service chiefs push back on criticism that the military is becoming ‘too woke’
The comments came as Americans remain divided on whether the services are focusing on racial issues too much.
CNO: Navy to roll out new aviation depot maintenance plan
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told lawmakers there have been recent improvements in the mission-capable rates of the sea service’s fighter jets.
By Diana Stancy