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Opinion
Get the US Navy’s frigate program back on schedule
Failure to return the FFG-62 to the expected cost and schedule will further erode confidence in Navy acquisition management.
By Everett Pyatt
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Navy postpones several modernization programs to pay for operations
The Navy's fiscal 2025 budget request prioritizes near-term readiness and lethality and delays a number of larger, longer-term modernization programs.
Lockheed drops bid to design FFG(X)
Lockheed Martin's decision leaves four contenders for the FFG(X) program.
By Aaron Mehta
Why Spain removed a frigate from training exercises with the US
Spain’s decision to remove a frigate on training exercises from a U.S. combat fleet that is approaching the Persian Gulf was taken purely for “technical reasons,” the country’s defense minister said Tuesday.
This carrier is deploying on April Fools’ Day. No, really!
It's expected to be a seven-month tour.
By Mark D. Faram
Why this destroyer deployed two days late
Officials won’t say where the warship will go next or estimate how long it will stay at sea but insists the Gonzalez’s primary duty initially will be missile defense.
By Mark D. Faram
‘Speed forward, fight close and hit hard’ — How China won the Battle of the Paracel Islands
With U.S. troops gone from South Vietnam, China made a move at sea in 1974. The ripple effects are still being felt.
By Carl O. Shuster, Vietnam Magazine
US warship sails the Arabian Sea, avoiding port, killing time ... and germs
Personnel on the dock landing ship Fort McHenry have treated 25 sailors and Marines for a viral infection similar to mumps.
By Mark D. Faram
This is how they’re going to raise the Norwegian frigate that sank
The cause of the accident has not yet been established.
Why the Donald Cook is still sailing the Black Sea
Adm. James Foggo, commander of Naval Forces-Europe, announced last week that the Spain-based Arleigh Burke-class destroyer also is slated to visit the Ukrainian port of Odessa.
By Mark D. Faram
The USS Constitution, a soldier who killed Nazi tanks and his armored ride through Boston
Sailors from the USS Constitution and onlookers came outside to salute the Army veteran and the tank as it rolled down the street.
The US Navy’s new, more lethal frigate is coming into focus
The service is zeroing in on a cost and the shape of its new frigate as it prepares to launch an open competition this summer.
By David B. Larter