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By DAVE RESS | Daily Press | Published: May 23, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — For the past 1½ years, on 18 trips off the Virginia and North Carolina coasts, sailors and shipyard workers from Newport News have prepped the Navy’s newest carrier for deployment — 27% over its original budget and years behind schedule. The costliest single item on the Department of Defense’s shopping list, the USS Gerald R Ford has been on a fast track to launch a series of new technologies intended to bo...

Iran’s History of Harassing or Provocative Behavior in the Strait of Hormuz The narrow Strait of Hormuz is also well known as a high-tension flashpoint close to the Iranian border where large portions of the region’s commercial and military shipping traffic travel. Swarms of Iranian small boats harassed and tried to intimidate a group of U.S. Navy ships as it transited the Strait of Hormuz on May 10, prompting the U.S. warships to repeatedly fire warning shots in an effort to diffuse the si...

Rather than focusing on the “arbitrary” 355-ship fleet total, the service should concentrate more effort on developing autonomous vehicles, the top lawmaker on the Senate Armed Services Committee said today. Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Institute, SASC Chairman Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) emphasized the importance of capability over quantity. “In many cases it’s arbitrary. It […]

Truman leaves Norfolk shipyard after first of its kind maintenance availability The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman transits the Arabian Sea in February 2020. (MC2 Scott Swofford/Navy) The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman left Norfolk Naval Shipyard Wednesday following the conclusion of a first-ever extended carrier incremental availability, which began last year after the ship completed its third deployment in four years. Truman arrived back in Norfolk last spring but was kept at sea for ...

Read Article Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King spoke of the cooperative, motivated BIW workforce they saw while touring the shipyard Monday. Kathleen OBrien / The Times Record The Navy’s senior military officer lauded Bath Iron Works for being on track to produce two ships per year by the end of 2021, hitting a milestone despite suffering significant production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a nine-week strike last summer. “That’s a v...

The US Navy’s bio-preparedness innovation window remains open through cruise lines By: 1st Lt. Zachary Shaw   2 days ago Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Alexis Bias, assigned to the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, disinfects mooring line on May 21, 2020, following an extended visit to Guam in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic. (MC3 Conner D. Blake/U.S. Navy) COVID-19 demonstrated gaps in the U.S. Navy’s maritime bio-preparedness. Through cruise lines’ struggle for surviv...

The True Power Of Irans Submarines Isnt Depth or Fire Power. Its Mines. Iran’s domestic submarines are small, shallow-water divers. Their strengths lie not in their diving characteristics or even in their torpedo strength, but in their mine-laying abilities. Heres What You Need to Remember: Much has been written about Iran’s anti-ship capabilities, particularly Iran’s anti-ship missal arsenal, but mines have not received nearly as much attention, though mines are a much more affordably a...

Navy chief says BIW on track for increased ship production Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Bath Iron Works is on track to build two ships per year. Share The Navy’s senior military officer lauded Bath Iron Works for being on track to produce two ships per year by the end of 2021, hitting a milestone despite suffering significant production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a nine-week strike last summer. “That’s a very strong trajectory for Bath Iron Works and it’...

Navy chief says BIW is on track for increased ship production Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Bath Iron Works is on track to build two ships per year. Share Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King spoke of the cooperative, motivated BIW workforce they saw while touring the shipyard Monday. Kathleen OBrien / The Times Record The Navy’s senior military officer lauded Bath Iron Works for being on track to produce two ships per year by the e...

Coast Guard Cutter Fires Warning Shots at Charging Iranian Speedboats The Island-class patrol boat USCGC Maui navigates through the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 1, 2019. (U.S. Army/Spc. Meleesa Gutierrez) 10 May 2021 A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots from its .50-caliber machine gun at a large group of armed Iranian speedboats that were quickly approaching American ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday morning. In a briefing with reporters, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby s...