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USNI News CNO Gilday: Flat or Declining Navy Budgets ‘Will Definitely Shrink’ the Fleet June 15, 2021 10:17 PM USS Russell (DDG-59), bottom, approaches the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO-202), center, and the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) for a replenishment-at-sea on Feb. 10, 2021. US Navy Photo The number of ships in the fleet, now at 296 ships, will decrease if the Navy continues to have flat or declining budgets, the service’s to...

Sometimes the least wasteful course of action is to discard things, even ones dearly paid for, that over time will cost you much more than they're worth.

Fatigue and overwork still a problem for the Navy, GAO study says Problems not solved after string of deadly collisions, audit finds Follow Us Question of the Day     The transport vessel Transshelf carries the damaged USS Fitzgerald, a U.S. Navy destroyer, towards the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula, Miss., Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. The ship was damaged in a June collision off Japan, that killed seven sailors. (AP Photo/Rogelio ... more > ...

The Navy is keeping classified the amount of Fiscal Year 2022 money it wants to develop the next-generation fighter aircraft set to replace the fleet of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, according to service budget documents. The Navy’s FY 2022 budget justification documents withhold the amount of dollars the service is putting toward the Next Generation Air […]

USNI News Search for: Home » Budget Industry » New Workshops at SWO School Putting Focus on Leader, Crew Performance and Wellness at Sea New Workshops at SWO School Putting Focus on Leader, Crew Performance and Wellness at Sea May 31, 2021 11:42 AM A student in the Pilot convening of the Officer of the Deck Phase II course works at the Automatic Radar Plotting Aid station in a Ship Simulator at Surface Warfare Schools Command. OOD-II will be introduced to the fleet concentration areas in Octo...

The dance of death unleashed by cyclone Tauktae had hardly begun to sink in when cyclone Yaas crashed into our east coast. As we braced for the fury of Yaas, of great inspiration was the incredible re

The Navy is now pushing the Littoral Combat Ships out into the Pacific in force after more than a decade of stops and starts and studies. Today, there are two LCS deployed to the western Pacific – USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Charleston (LCS-18) . By the end of the year there’ll be four and […]

While the Navy's most recent plan included plans to decommission 48 active ships by 2026, the new budget request speeds up the retirement date for several platforms.

USNI News Search for: Home » Budget Industry » Navy Tries to Cut Four Littoral Combat Ships to Save $186M in FY 22 Budget Navy Tries to Cut Four Littoral Combat Ships to Save $186M in FY 22 Budget May 28, 2021 2:03 PM The crew of USS Little Rock (LCS-9) man the rails during the ship’s commissioning ceremony Dec. 16, 2017 in Buffalo, N.Y. US Navy Photo The Navy wants to cut four Littoral Combat Ships from the fleet as part of a cost-saving measure that will net the service $186 million, acco...

Pima Air Museum Adds F-5E Tiger II and C-23B+ Sherpa Pima Air Museum Adds F-5E Tiger II and C-23B+ Sherpa The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona has recently added two new aircraft to their world-class collection of aircraft and historical aeronautica, a former U.S. Navy Northrop F-5E Tiger II (Bu.741564) and a ex-US Army Short C-23B+ Sherpa (94-0310). The Tiger II is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum, but until recently it had been on display at the sadly-now-shuttered Fl...