By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine Utah (SSN 801) was christened during ceremonies at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, on October 25, 2025. According to a posting…
Navy Concludes Helicopter Aviator Training in TH-57 SeaRanger
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The. U.S. Navy has retired the Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter from training naval aviators after 57 years of training Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and foreign naval aviators to fly…
Navy Determines Planned Ship Inactivations for Fiscal 2026
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy plans to inactivate or transfer eight ships during fiscal 2026, including two warships and six auxiliary ships, the service said in a Sept. 12 internal message to the…
Navy Determines Planned Ship Inactivations for Fiscal 2026
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy plans to inactivate or transfer eight ships during fiscal 2026, including two warships and six auxiliary ships, the service said in a Sept. 12 internal message to the…
Naval Aviation at Highest Readiness in Years, ‘Air Boss’ Said
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Virginia — U.S. naval aviation is at its highest readiness in years, a senior naval aviation admiral said to an audience in Washington and online. Speaking Aug. 26 in an event of the…
Navy F-35C Jet Crashes Near NAS Lemoore
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II strike fighter crashed on July 30 near Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, the air station said in a Facebook post. “NAS Lemoore can confirm an…
HASC Marks National Defense Authorization Bill
Edited by Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor Arlington, Va. — The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) filed the bill for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, the bill’s leaders, Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-…
Navy, Marine Corps in Planning for Third Large-Scale Exercise
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are planning for execution later this month for Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2025, the third of such exercises since 2021. The LSE will largely be conducted…
Airspace around Coast Guard Cutters Now Restricted for Drones
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The Federal Aviation Administration has declared the airspace in the vicinity of U.S. Coast Guard cutters to be restricted airspace to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). In a June 16 directive from…
‘All of Our Programs Are a Mess,’ SECNAV Said of Shipbuilding
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) told Congress that many major shipbuilding and other programs are behind schedule and above planned cost, and he is looking for possible long-term solutions to…
