From USNI News: Congress Overrides Trump Defense Bill Veto

  By Sam LaGrone January 1, 2021 The Senate voted 81 to 13 to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the Fiscal Year 2021 National...

From Breaking Defense: 2021 – Stormy Seas Ahead While Navy Hammers Out New Fleet

  By: Paul McLeary December 31, 2020 WASHINGTON: The Navy hasn’t been able to build a shipbuilding plan that satisfies Congress or itself for much...

From Breaking Defense: Shipbuilding Plan Calls for Billions In Spending, surprising Congress

  By: Paul McLeary December 10, 2020 WASHINGTON: A top lawmaker expressed deep frustration with the details and timing of a new White House shipbuilding...

From USNI News: Submarine Industrial Base Ready to Grow – But Only If Pentagon, Congress Send the Right Signals

By: Megan Eckstein November 6, 2020 3:56 PM Huntington Ingalls Industries is confident its businesses are well-positioned for whatever the future of the Navy is –...

From The Hill: Pentagon wants Navy to have more than 500 ships by 2045, Esper says

BY ELLEN MITCHELL – 10/06/20 (The Hill) Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday revealed that the Pentagon wants more than 500 Navy ships in the fleet by...

From USNI News: SECDEF Esper Calls for 500-Ship Fleet by 2045, With 3 SSNs a Year and Light Carriers Supplementing CVNs

By: Megan Eckstein October 6, 2020 3:56 PM Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced a new future fleet plan for the Navy that would grow the attack...

From USNI News: Esper Opens Door to Boosting Navy’s Shipbuilding Budget to Fund New Force Structure

By: Megan Eckstein September 16, 2020 9:38 PM SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Defense Secretary Mark Esper is open to increasing Navy budgets to support a new...