From Breaking Defense: HASC Adds 5 Ships To Trump Request, But Where’s The $$?

WASHINGTON: Is 13 the Navy’s lucky number? That’s how many ships the House Armed Service Committee wants to buy in 2018, five more than President...

From the United States Naval Institute News: House’s 2018 Defense Bill Would Increase DDG, SSN Production Rates; Buy Carriers Every 3 Years

CAPITOL HILL – The House Armed Services Committee’s defense bill for 2018 would allow the Navy to buy 15 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers and 13...

From the National Interest: The U.S. Navy Has the Best Submarines in the World (Largely Thanks to a Terrible Tragedy)

The creation of SUBSAFE lead directly to tougher—and safer—submarines. (Another U.S. Navy submarine, Scorpion, was lost in 1968 but there is no conclusive explanation for...

From War on the Rocks: Is Trump’s 350-Ship Navy on the Rocks? The Politics, Promise, and Peril of Shipbuilding

Campaign promises are pesky things. President Donald Trump is finding it difficult to deliver on his promise to increase the size of the Navy from...

From The Day: Admiral: Navy needs better subs, and faster

Groton — The Navy is entering one of the most complex submarine-building eras since the 1970s, the admiral in charge of the service’s undersea warfare...

From The Seattle Times: Submarines dismantled in Puget Sound are symbols of nation’s defense dilemma

Even the ambitious goals of the Trump administration for a larger Navy are running up against budget and industry constraints. Nowhere is that as true...

From the United States Naval Institute News: Navy Adds Second Attack Sub to 2021 Plans; Considering 3 SSNs in Future Years

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy plans to buy a second Virginia-class attack submarine in Fiscal Year 2021 to keep the industrial base building two SSNs...

From Breaking Defense: SASC Will ‘Help’ Trump On Navy’s 355-Ship Fleet: Sen. Wicker

CAPITOL HILL: Presidents propose; Congress disposes. President Trump’s shipbuilding budget for 2018 is a placeholder that legislators can increase, the chairman of the Senate seapower...

From Inside Defense: BWX Technologies weighs when to ready for additional submarines

BWX Technologies, which makes the naval nuclear reactors for submarines and carriers, would need to invest about $100 million over several years to get ready...

From Scout Warrior: Navy to Complete First Prototypes of Virginia Payload Modules – Triples Submarine Firepower

The Navy’s Virginia Payload Modules Will Triple the Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Missile-Firing Ability. First Prototypes Already Underway. The Navy will soon finish initial prototyping of...