WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, DDG 133, in honor of former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, who represented Georgia from 1972 to 1997, the secretary’s public affairs office said in…
Navy’s Next Tomahawk Missile: Block 5
ARLINGTON, Va.— Raytheon Missile Co. will build a new block upgrade of the Tomahawk cruise missile for the U.S. Navy even as the company takes older missiles into a recertification program to return them to service. “Tomahawk has returned to…
6 Littoral Combat Ships to be Commissioned This Year
It will be a busy 2019 for the Littoral Combat Ships, with six vessels set to be commissioned by the end of the year, a program official said at Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium on Wednesday. Three of the commissionings…
Navy Infrastructure to Combat Cyber Threats Still a Work in Progress
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett began her May 8 presentation at Sea-Air-Space 2019 with a cost comparison. A Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier costs some $13 billion, she said. A troublemaker can build a capable hacking device…
Robots are Real, but AI’s Full Promise is Still on the Horizon
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Artificial intelligence in all its forms, from machine learning algorithms to unmanned systems, is a sure thing for the sea services and its partners, but there is still much to determine in terms of the technological…
Shipbuilding Starting to Come Out of ‘Readiness Divot,’ Navy Vice Admiral Tells Audience
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — U.S and Canadian sea service officers and industry leaders looked forward to more seamless coordination and better times for shipbuilding, which one U.S. Navy vice admiral said was just recently emerging from a “readiness divot.” “We’d…
Geurts: Navy Balancing Columbia, Virginia Sub Production
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The meeting of Navy leaders with submarine shipbuilding industry officials, planned for this month, will focus on integrating the production of the Columbia-class ballistic missile sub and the future Virginia-class attack boats, the Navy’s top acquisition…
Boeing’s Service-Life Modernization of Navy Super Hornets Underway
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The first seven of Block II F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters have been inducted into the service-life modernization (SLM) at Boeing’s St. Louis, Missouri, facility, while next month the company’s San Antonino facility will induct its…
Services Tackling New Type of Enlistee
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The new generation of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who are entering the force and in the early stages of their careers is, well, different. Such is the consensus among the three senior enlisted leaders who…
Navy Tackling Shipyard Inefficiencies That Leave Fleet Lagging
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is investing $21 billion in a multiphase program to improve the efficiency of its government shipyards, which have struggled to get ships and submarines back into service on time. The program is called the…
