By Julian E. Barnes After a campaign that has been largely free of debate over military policy, Republican candidate Mitt Romney this week laid out a few new details of what he...

– By Alasdair Roberts (Bloomberg) — In the early years of the American republic, Sackets Harbor in upstate New York was one of the U.S. Navy’s most important ports, guarding access...

The U.S. Navy on Wednesday announced that it has established a board of vice admirals tasked with tackling issues that have arisen from the often contested LCS Program. The board,...

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s (HII) second-quarter earnings rose 25% as the military shipbuilder reported stronger revenue and margins. The largest military shipbuilder in the U.S., like many other defense firms,...

The U.S. Navy is underestimating the cost of its proposed 30-year shipbuilding program by 19 percent, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report. The Navy’s plan, submitted to...