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House lawmakers denounce Pentagon’s planned drop in submarine orders
A bipartisan group of 120 lawmakers asks defense appropriators to ignore the Navy budget proposal and procure two Virginia-class attack submarines.
Opinion
Without change, US Navy’s future fleet looks too ambitious for industry
For industry to execute the plans in the Future Years Defense Program, major improvements will have to take place.
By Theo Egan
Navy fends off Houthi drone attack for second day in a row
Thursday's takedown of four Houthi attack drones that were headed for a U.S. warship comes after a similar attack on Wednesday.
Navy warship fights off four-drone Houthi attack
Wednesday's Houthi attack on a Navy warship comes after a three-day lull in reported incidents in the Red Sea.
What Navy destroyers bring to the Red Sea fight
Navy destroyers are being tested at an unprecedented rate in the Middle East.
By Zamone Perez
US Navy nixed a Virginia sub amid spending frenzy to support suppliers
The Navy cut a submarine from its spending plan, but is pouring billions of dollars into supporting suppliers and helping increase their production rates.
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.
Pentagon abandons effort to scale down amphibious ship design
The Navy and Marine Corps will move forward with the current Flight II LPD amphibious ship design, rather than a scaled-down, cheaper one DoD pushed for.
Military prepares to brief a plan to get its V-22 Ospreys flying again
The military services on Friday will lay out plans to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for addressing safety concerns stemming from a fatal 2023 crash.
USS Carl Vinson returns home after four-month deployment
Carl Vinson left San Diego in October and returned home last week.
Navy ousts USS Georgia commanding officer
Capt. Geoffry Patterson became commanding officer of the submarine’s blue crew in May 2022.
By Diana Stancy