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The US Navy next Ford-class aircraft carrier is just about done, but it could be held up by challenges with the elevators, Navy officers and officials said this week.It’s a bit of déjà vu. The same technology was at the center of headaches for USS Gerald R. Ford, the first…
The US military is sending another warship to guard the southern border with Mexico.The destroyer USS Spruance, which fought the Houthis in the Red Sea, will operate off the West Coast.It’s the latest military asset to be deployed as part of Trump’s border security efforts.A second US Navy destroyer that…
The US Navy is looking into using drones to deliver critical repair cargo to broken warships.The BlueWater Maritime Logistics UAS project seeks innovative VTOL designs.The unique PteroDynamics Transwing design recently received a $4.65 million contract expansion.The US Navy wants to know if roughly motorcycle-sized drones can do what its larger…
The US Navy is deploying a guided-missile destroyer to police the southern border.The USS Gravely previously finished a nine-month deployment fighting the Houthis in the Red Sea.The warship is armed with the long-range Tomahawk, a powerful missile used for striking land targets.The Navy said on Saturday that the USS Gravely,…
South Korea completed major maintenance on a US Navy supply vessel for the first time.Doing maintenance in the region reduces downtime and costs, US Naval Forces Korea said.Officials and experts have said that South Korea may have some answers to US shipbuilding woes.In a strategically significant first as the US…
Trump’s Navy secretary nominee said the President texts him in the middle of the night about rusty warships.Phelan said Trump sends him pictures of worn ships asking him what he’s going to do about it.During his first term, the President was said to be very focused on the look of…
Pentagon leadership plans to pull 8%, or $50 billion, from various projects to fund Trump’s priorities.Exempt programs include nuclear modernization, missile defense, and Virginia-class submarines.The memo has triggered confusion about its implications for the Navy’s crucial shipbuilding effort.A $50 billion funding shift ordered by President Donald Trump’s new defense secretary…
