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The United States Navy has announced plans to decommission two Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) in 2024. The Independence-variants USS Jackson (LCS 6) and...

ARLINGTON, Va. – Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the Navy and Marines have “got to get the right concept … and design” to move forward with the new Landing Ship Mediums – the vessels projected to augment larger amphibious vessels. Investing in the new ships did not mean the Navy was pulling back its […]

With the approval of the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress and the President expanded the Navy’s official role. Now, in addition to warfighting, they acknowledge what has been fact since the American Revolution: that the Navy’s mandate includes “the peacetime promotion of the national security interests and prosperity of the United States.”

ARLINGTON, Va. – In an effort to increase the range and detection of various unmanned surface vessels (USVs), the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored SCOUT initiative recently conducted a unique

Almost half a century after the Cuban missile crisis, the Russiannavy is coming to the Americas. While the mood in Washington is far from panicked, neither is it mirthful. There is a sense ofdiscomfort and dissatisfaction with the voyage of the Russianflotilla and concern about where U.S.-Russian and hemisphericrelations are headed.

United States Navy Hospital Ship USNS Comfort In the last months of this year, it will carry out a mission of medical aid and humanitarian attention to

The NYT reported that 25% of the USS Milwaukee's crew tested positive and that some quarantined in a hotel, due to lack of space on the ship.

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Warships whose commissioning is on hold will test a solution to a “class design defect” affecting all the littoral combat ships at Naval Station Mayport, Navy officials have concluded. The Navy decided last month to stop taking delivery of new LCS because of a problem in the ships’ system for merging power from multiple engines to move the vessels at the rapid speeds they’re designed for. The decision left vessels that had already completed Navy acceptance trials — littoral combat sh...

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