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By Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN The Navy has opened an investigation into the command climate and culture on board an aircraft carrier following
Pentagon budget 2022: Proposed USN plan continues carrier support by Michael Fabey Despite recent calls by the US Navy (USN) leadership to review the future of the USN’s large-deck aircraft carrier fleet, the service is moving ahead with plans for its future carrier force, requesting about USD2.4 billion for its next Ford-class ships in the USN’s proposed Fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget released 28 May. The proposed US Navy fiscal year 2022 budget requests included more funding for future Ford-class aircraft carriers (Michael Fabey) The requested funding will finance the fifth increment of d...
March 18, 2015 3:38 PM An E/A-18G Growler from the Shadowhawks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on Nov. 3, 2014. US Navy photo. The Pentagon’s new Electronic Warfare (EW) Executive Committee was created this week to refocus the services on matters of EW strategy and operational capability, according to the memo signed Tuesday establishing the committee. Read More → March 18, 2015 11:18 AM The following is the March 16, 2015 report from the investigation into t...
Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air Systems Demonstration (UCAS-D). US Navy Photo The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is calling on the Department of Defense and the Navy to develop a stealthy and lethal unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft, according to a Tuesday letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter obtained by USNI News. Read More → March 24, 2015 6:47 PM The following is a March 24, 2015 letter from Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) chair Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to Sec...
March 20, 2015 12:04 PM Vice Adm. Robert Thomas, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, delivers remarks during a change of command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73). US Navy Photo The head of U.S. naval forces in the Western Pacific said the U.S. would support an emerging plan to create multi-national patrols in the South China Sea that could bear similarities to anti-piracy patrols in the Strait of Malacca. Read More → March 20, 2015 11:38 AM The following is the March 19, 2015 letter from the chairmen and ranking members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Rel...