May 3, 2016 Navy Veteran Whose Wheelchair Was Stolen Has New Ticket to Ride Unified police officer Mike Wersland told Roy Feragen that investigators had served a search warrant looking for his stolen wheelchair.
May 3, 2016 Report: Navy Adds Super Hornets and F-35s to Congressional Wish List The Navy's 2016 "wish list" for Congress includes requests to buy more F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, according to a Reuters report.
May 3, 2016 Navy Launches New Aircraft Carrier Study to Find Cost Savings The Navy is looking for ways to cut costs on aircraft carriers and explore where carriers could be replaced. ,The Navy is looking for ways to cut costs on aircraft carriers and explore where carriers could be replaced.
May 3, 2016 Navy’s Next Generational Nuclear Submarine Fund Has No Money The Navy and Congress have yet to find money for a newly created account designed to pay for the Ohio Replacement Program.
May 3, 2016 Navy Prepares to Fire an Electromagnetic Aircraft Catapult on New Carrier The Navy is preparing to launch the first ship-board tests of a new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System designed to replace steam catapults and propel fighter jets and other aircraft off the deck of an aircraft carrier, service officials said. “In June, we’ll start shooting dead loads into the James River. The ship is pointed bow […]
May 3, 2016 Admiral: Navy’s Surface Fleet Vulnerable to Attacks Without EW Upgrades The Navy needs to upgrade electronic warfare technology faster on more of its surface ships because potential enemies are developing weapons designed to penetrate defensive systems on many U.S.  cruisers and destroyers, service leaders said. The service is now in the process of upgrading its existing SLQ-32 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program, or SEWIP — […]
May 3, 2016 Navy fires commander of strategic air wing; cites investigation and 'loss of confidence' The Navy fired the commander of an organization whose aircraft allow the president and the secretary of defense to directly contact the submarines, bombers and land-based missiles that comprise the nation's strategic nuclear force.
May 3, 2016 Navy Wants 28 More Tomahawks on Virginia-Class Submarines The Navy is evaluating whether it can add 28 more Tomahawk missiles to each Virginia-class submarine sooner than expected.
May 3, 2016 Cyber and Electronic Warfare Stand Out in Navys Maritime Strategy U.S. Navy ships increasingly reliance on computers and software to operate make them plum targets to cyber or electromagnetic attacks.
May 3, 2016 Navy prosecutors claim male submarine sailors traded videos of female officers A group of male submarine sailors traded illicit videos of female officers in various stages of undress as if they were Pokemon cards, a U.S. Navy prosecutor said Thursday.