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...

From Defense News: ‘We need more money’: US Navy’s top officer says the service needs more of the DoD budget

  By David Larter January 14, 2020 January 14 (Defense News) — WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy’s top officer said his service must have a...

From USNI News: Report to Congress on Virginia-class Attack Submarine Program

  December 31, 2019 7:11 AM December 31 (USNI News) — The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998....

From Navy Times: Next subs will be named to honor battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor

  By: Courtney Mabeus December 24, 2019 December 24 (Navy Times) — WASHINGTON – The Navy’s two next Virginia-class fast-attack submarines will be named in...

From The National Interest: The New Block V Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Is Making The Navy Even Deadlier

  By: Kris Osborn December 14, 2019 December 14 (The National Interest) Washington — (Washington D.C.) Bringing massive amounts of firepower closer to enemy targets,...

From Forbes: The Virginia Class Submarines Are 3 Classes In 1

  By:  Craig Hooper Dec 11, 2019, 01:16am December 11 (Forbes) — Last week, the U.S. Navy and America’s big submarine manufacturers celebrated the signing...