U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite has selected "Constellation" as the name of the Navy's newest class of frigates. The name was announced by Braithwaite this week while aboard the museum ship Constellation in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The lead ship in the class, USS Constellation (FFG 62), will be the fifth ship to bear the name Constellation. The name was selected … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy Swaps Sub for Destroyer in 2021 Budget Request Shift
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Farragut (DDG 99), front, and USS Lassen (DDG 82) transit the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 16, 2019. U.S. Navy Photo By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon is bolstering the number of warships the Navy will seek in its fiscal 2021 budget request after the White House complained an initial proposal was too low to meet … [Read more...]
General Dynamics Wins $22.2 Billion Contract for Virginia-Class Subs
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) --General Dynamics Corp. has received a $22.2 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to build nine more nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines, the largest shipbuilding contract in the service’s history. The contract includes an option for a 10th vessel over five years, the Navy said Monday. Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. is the top … [Read more...]
NASSCO Awarded Contract to Build More Expeditionary Sea Base Ships for U.S. Navy
General Dynamics NASSCO has been awarded a contract to build up to three more Expeditionary Sea Base ships for the U.S. Navy. The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, calls for the construction two ESBs for $1.08 billion at the company’s San Diego shipyard. It also includes an option for a third vessel that, if exercised, would bring the total contract … [Read more...]
USS Ford Munitions Elevators Miss Another Deadline in Latest Setback
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) --Only two of 11 elevators needed to lift munitions to the deck of the U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier have been installed, according to a Navy veteran who serves on a key House committee. “I don’t see an end in sight right now” to getting all the elevators working on the USS Gerald R. Ford, the costliest warship ever, Democratic … [Read more...]