From Defense Daily: Navy Submarine Proposal Not Enough To Ease Shortfall, PACOM Chief Says

A Navy proposal to speed up the purchase of three Virginia-class attack submarines is a welcome step but would make only a modest dent in...

From the Daily Press: Vice President Pence speaks about commitment to defense at Indiana christening

Vice President Mike Pence told hundreds at the Newport News Shipbuilding yard Saturday morning that his presence at the christening of the submarine Indiana was...

From National Defense: CNO Richardson: Budget Uncertainty Limits Ability to Project Shipbuilding Costs

The U.S. Navy’s highest-ranking official sidestepped queries about a recent study that projected eye-popping construction costs to build a fleet of 355 ships. The Congressional...

From NAVALTODAY.COM: US Navy to christen 16th Virginia-class submarine

The U.S. Navy announced it would christen its newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, the future USS Indiana (SSN 789), on Saturday, April 29, at Huntington...

From Inside Defense: Navy can only meet half of submarine requirements in Pacific

The Navy can only meet half of the requirements for attack submarines from U.S. Pacific Command, according to a top military officer. The attack submarine...

From Breaking Defense: PACOM’s Harris Urges More Subs, PGMs, Ships At HASC

While North Korea threatens to shoot and sink American aircraft carriers and launch nuclear weapons, Pacific Command is running short of precision-guided munitions. And Pacific...

From Breaking Defense: 355-Ship Navy Takes At Least 18 Years: CBO

President Trump and the US Navy want a 355-ship fleet, but even if you double shipbuilding budgets compared to historic levels, it can’t be done...

From Defense News: Missile submarine joins US naval ‘armada’ in Korea

WASHINGTON — It may not be “far more powerful than the aircraft carrier” — as President Trump said in a recent interview, but a well-armed...

From the Associated Press: Women in the military: US Navy redesigning its submarines

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Every submarine in the U.S. fleet was designed with the height, reach and strength of men in mind, from the way...

From Politico: How Trump Can Build a 350-Ship Navy

When President Donald Trump wanted to send a message to North Korea, he did it the old-fashioned way: by sending the USS Carl Vinson—a Nimitz-class...