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Navy announces new Naval Air Forces and NAVSEA commanders
Rear Adm. Dan Cheever will become the next Naval Air Forces commander, and Rear Adm. James P. Downey will head NAVSEA.
By Diana Stancy
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Navy stands up new group to prevent another Bonhomme Richard-like fire
The new Naval Sea Systems Command office aims to streamline and consolidate shipboard fire policies and metrics.
Navy range exempted from proposed orca protection measures
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a proposal Wednesday to increase the critical habitat designation for southern resident killer whales by more than sevenfold under the Endangered Species Act.
Navy: Rear admiral fired over 'inappropriate, personal relationship’
Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, NAVSEA’s commander, removed him as part of an administrative action and no charges have been preferred at this time.
By Carl Prine
Coast Guard picks homeport for new icebreaker fleet
The Polar Security-class vessels will be designed to conduct search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, environmental response and national defense patrols missions in areas often covered in heavy ice.
By Navy Times staff
Senator: New icebreaker should spend more time in northern waters
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan said Antarctic policy likely will shift the future icebreaker away from the Arctic missions it should be used for, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported.
This is how the Navy plans to break the Big E
The Navy releases four proposals for dealing with the rusting flattop.
By Mark D. Faram
NAVSEA: Up to $1.9 billion deal for Coast Guard’s new icebreaker fleet
The Polar Security Cutters are designed to conduct search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, environmental response and national defense patrol missions in often frozen waters.
By Navy Times staff
Did loose lockers doom the Fitzgerald seven?
Three survivors of the Fitzgerald collision echo a secret Navy report into the fatal 2017 disaster about the potentially lethal problem caused by dislodged lockers blocking escape routes. But it remains unclear what the Navy has done to fix it.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard getting new skipper
The Navy announced Thursday that it gave the nod to Capt. Daniel Ettlich, who currently serves as deputy for shipyard operations at the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.
3D printing may be the future in Navy warship construction
In October, Naval Sea Systems Command announced that it was upping the ante when it approved a prototype 3D-printed metal drain strainer for installation on the Naval Station Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.
By Courtney Mabeus, The Virginian-Pilot via the AP
Navy applies a layered defense approach in cyberspace
This is part five of a series exploring the differences between military cyber forces, capabilities, mission sets and needs.
By Mark Pomerleau