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National Defense
July 2010
Grace V. Jean
In the Navy's Forecast, a Shrinking Attack Submarine Fleet The Navy faces a 23-year period when the number of attack submarines in the fleet falls below the desired 48 ships. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2011
Grace V. Jean
Shipyard Pursuing Cost-Cutting Measures For Next-Generation Ballistic Missile Submarine One of the Navy's most expensive purchases -- the next-generation ballistic missile submarine -- is still years away, but a shipyard is working on the preliminary design with an eye towards shaving close to $1 billion off the expected $5.7 billion price tag. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2007
Grace Jean
Shipbuilders Forecast Exodus of Submarine Designers Builders of Navy submarines for years have tried to convince admirals and members of Congress that trouble lies ahead. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2004
Harold Kennedy
Costs, Delays Surface Again for New Attack Submarines Just a year after U.S. Navy officials assured Congress that they had taken steps to stem rising costs and production delays for the newest family of nuclear-powered attack submarines, they now concede that problems may not have gone away. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2004
Harold Kennedy
Newport News Christens Its First Sub in a Decade The Navy plans eventually to build 30 Virginia-class submarines. Currently, Newport News and Electric Boat have contracts to build 10 of them. They are sharing the work, with each shipbuilder constructing parts of every boat and alternating responsibility for final assembly. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2008
Courtney E. Howard
General Dynamics christens U.S. Navy's most-advanced submarine The fast attack submarine USS New Hampshire is considered the U.S. Navy's most advanced nuclear submarine. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2010
Grace V. Jean
Ship Maintainers Get First Glimpse into Virginia Class The first of the Navy's newest class of attack submarines, USS Virginia (SSN-774), returned from its maiden deployment in April and is slated for its first scheduled maintenance later this year in Portsmouth, Maine. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2011
Grace V. Jean
Navy's Shipbuilding Challenges Loom Large in the 2020s Builders of U.S. Navy ships are attempting to rein in costs that have doubled over the last 20 years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2010
Grace V. Jean
Trident Program Intent On Avoiding Past Shipbuilding Pitfalls As the Navy begins to design its next ballistic-missile submarine, officials caution that the service must avoid shipbuilding practices of the past that have led to cost overruns and delays. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2012
Stew Magnuson
Shipbuilding Industry Fears Cuts to Submarine Programs For a time, submarine manufacturers and their suppliers will have it good. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Grace Jean
Plans to Expand Fleet May Be Unrealistic Amid assurances by the Navy leadership that the latest shipbuilding blueprint is on a safe course, several analysts are sounding alarms. Unless the Navy begins to aggressively cut costs from its shipbuilding programs and pump much more money into these accounts, the plan could fail. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Grace V. Jean
Smarter Shipbuilding Could Help Ease Navy's Budget Troubles The 374-foot USS Freedom, which was delivered to the Navy last fall, was Marinette Marine Corp.'s largest and most complex ship construction project mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2009
Grace V. Jean
Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2009
Grace V. Jean
Navy's Shipbuilding Strategy Remains Under Fire A fleet of 278 ships today -- less than half of what it was two decades ago -- is likely to continue to shrink unless the Navy can contain the soaring costs of building new ships. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2015
Jon Harper
Plan to Fund Ohio Replacement Submarine Reaches Tipping Point Much hangs on the outcome of the high stakes budget battle playing out in Washington, D.C., which will shape the future of Navy shipbuilding and potentially have major effects on the other services and the industrial base. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2015
Stew Magnuson
Nuclear Power Plants on New Submarines May Last 40-Plus Years The Navy hopes to have the first replacement for the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine on duty by 2031. When that vessel is launched, the on board nuclear power plant is expected to last its entire 40-year service life. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2011
Grace V. Jean
Shipbuilder Wrings Out Savings Through Yard Improvements, Partnerships Navy officials have come down hard on shipbuilding companies to cut out the fat where they can on soaring construction costs. One U.S. shipyard is embracing the ultra-efficient business practices of South Korean builders. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2005
Sandra Erwin
Shipbuilding Strategy Makes Sure Bet on Uncertain Future War-strained Pentagon budgets, rising shipbuilding costs and inconsistent messages by the Navy's leadership are conspiring to bring about what could be a dramatic downsizing in the Navy. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2011
Grace V. Jean
Navy Needs to Consider 'Ownership' Costs, Yard Official Says For every dollar the Navy spends on buying a new ship, it pays an average of two dollars to operate and maintain the vessel throughout its 35-year service life. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
September 2000
Jill Rosenfeld
Built in Sub time The scene is a familiar one: A sweat-drenched captain draped over a periscope scans the sea above. The scene is also obsolete: New design principles, new construction practices, and new technology make submarines faster, smarter, and better. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2004
Roxana Tiron
Lack of Specificity in Navy Shipbuilding Plans Irks the Industry Frustrated by perpetual fluctuations in U.S. Navy shipbuilding budgets, industry leaders are asking for funding stability. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Harold Kennedy
Special Ops Sub Becomes Hub for Irregular Warfare Subs have hosted small numbers of special operators ever since World War II. Until now, however, the vessels have had space to accommodate only a handful of special operators. That is changing with the Ohio (SSGN 726) and its three sister ships. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2008
Alan L. Gropman
Government Action Needed to Fix Troubled Shipbuilding Sector The limited commercial market, combined with a decline in Navy orders, has resulted in excess production capacity, underused larger shipyards and high vessel costs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Navy Seeks to Avert Precipitous Decline in the Size of the Fleet An ambitious Navy plan to expand the size of the fleet not only assumes a considerable surge in spending, but also a fundamental shift in the preparation and execution of ship programs, senior officials say. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
Grace Jean
Littoral Combat Ship Could Slip Behind Schedule as Price Tag Nears $500 Million In the midst of a contentious debate about the Navy's embattled littoral combat ship program, the service's coveted warship has come under fire by its own supporters on Capitol Hill. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2008
Grace V. Jean
Ship Construction Costs Endanger Navy's Fleet Expansion With runaway shipbuilding costs, disruptions in key programs and competing budgetary needs, the Navy is heading into one of its toughest procurement cycles yet. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2015
Ray Mabus
The Real Numbers Behind Today's Fleet What should Americans conclude when they hear conflicting claims about the U.S. Navy being too large or shrinking too much? mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
U.S. Navy Selects General Dynamics Electric Boat Fire-Control Systems for Ballistic Missile Submarines General Dynamics Electric Boat won a $31 million maintenance and modernization contract from the Navy Strategic Systems program to deliver fire-control systems to the U.S. Navy. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Grace V. Jean
Jury Still Out on Future of Littoral Combat Ship The Navy's littoral combat ship is under fire by lawmakers who are threatening to pull the plug at a time when the Obama administration is prepared to commit long-term funding to the program. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2009
Edward J. Walsh
Navy steps out on MODERNIZATION Top Navy leaders are struggling to balance the right kind of ships, the best number of platforms, and the best mix of electronic and electro-optic technologies to meet the changing worldwide threats of the 21st century. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2012
Dan Parsons
Budget Crunch Could Jeopardize New Carrier Procurement With uncertain economic waters ahead, there may be a growing reticence within the Defense Department to commit to buying future aircraft carriers, its single largest procurement item. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2004
Roxana Tiron
Navy Gradually Embracing Composite Materials in Ships The Navy claims that its next generation destroyer, the DD(X), will be the service's first major commitment to composite construction. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2006
Grace Jean
Undersea Range Planned for Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy has proposed constructing an undersea warfare training range off the East Coast to prepare sailors for anti-submarine missions in shallow waters. Opponents to the plan say the sonar activity will harm marine life in the area. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Shipbuilding Plan Sailing Into Turbulent Seas Cutbacks in personnel, training and maintenance costs will fuel a moderate growth in Navy procurement programs starting in 2008, albeit at a slower pace than Navy leaders had forecast a year ago, analysts estimate. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
Ed Walsh
Navy looks to technology to balance budget cuts Transformational plans for the seagoing service call for vast levels of wired and wireless networking of ships, submarines, aircraft, weapons, communications systems, RF antennas, and more, to offset planned cutbacks in new platform development. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2014
Stew Magnuson
Navy Ship Numbers for Asia-Pacific Shift Don't Add Up The Defense Department's strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific region has gone hand in hand with a budget crunch, which in turn may test the Navy's ability to maintain a sufficient number of ships to carry out a global mission, analysts said. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010
Edward J. Walsh
Navy on the verge of major shipboard electronics breakthroughs Open-architecture and COTS technologies are critical for advances in ship propulsion, navigation and guidance, weapons control, ballistic missile defense, modular mission packages, and related systems for the nation's maritime defense. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2005
Grace Jean
Navy Must Close Budget Gap To Build Future Fleet Amid budget constraints and rising shipbuilding costs, the Navy faces a significant challenge in building its future force, according to naval analysts. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2010
Grace V. Jean
Submariners Going 'Back to Basics' The Navy struggles to adequately train mariners to use the technology aboard ships and submarines. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2011
Grace V. Jean
Navy Contracts Seen as Victories for Aluminum Ships Austal USA found a reason to celebrate after the Navy awarded another contract, this time to construct 10 of its newest surface combatant, the littoral combat ship. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Cost Goals for Littoral Combat Ship Overly Optimistic Navy Secretary Ray Mabus raised doubts in recent weeks that the service can meet a $460 million cost cap for the Littoral Combat Ship. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2007
Edward J. Walsh
Shipboard Electronics Tune up for Future Conflicts Navy pushes smart engineering and open-systems architectures for the shipboard electronics and electro-optics aboard the nation's combat fleet. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2008
Rich Smith
General Dynamics and Lockheed Deliver These two defense contractors deserve praise for their recent accomplishments. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2010
Grace V. Jean
Builders of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Pull Out All the Stops When the Navy later this year picks a winner to build its littoral combat ship, no matter which contractor is selected, the decision will be seen as a turning point for the troubled program. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Gates' Rules Don't Apply to Navy Shipbuilding Intense pressure from members of Congress who want to protect employment at the nation's top shipyards will limit the Pentagon's options as it begins a sweeping review of military strategy and equipment needs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2014
Valerie Insinna
Operations With Navy's New Afloat Network Get Underway The Navy intends to streamline the number of networks and modernizing hardware and software through the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program, or CANES. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2006
Ed Walsh
The Next Step for Shipboard Electronics Growth of the U.S. Navy's fleet of surface warships and submarines is riding on systems innovation and new technologies to introduce open-systems solutions for network-centric warfare, ballistic-missile defense, and other capabilities for the 21st century maritime warfare. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005
In Brief BAE Systems protects U.S. Army and Navy helicopters... Northrop Grumman to expand Mississippi UAV facility ... Thales forms alliance partnership with Wind River... Lockheed Martin delivers first Atlas Five Booster to west coast launch site... DC-DC device market continues to grow... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2008
Edward J. Walsh
Navy Advances Surface-Ship Technologies Program managers go all-out on open systems and COTS to upgrade existing destroyers, cruisers, and other surface warships, while looking ahead to new destroyer and cruiser electronics and electro-optics technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles