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May 3, 2016

Navy Plans to Expand, Speed-Up LCS Modifications

Secretary Mabus says the Navy wants upgrades for a new variant of the LCS to be retrofitted onto the existing fleet before 2019.,Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told lawmakers Wednesday that the service hopes to expand and speed up modifications to its fleet of Littoral Combat Ships so that technological upgrades slated for a new variant of the ship are retrofitted onto the existing fleet before 2019.

May 3, 2016

Navy Corpsman Helps Save Woman After Shootout

Joshua Whatman was returning from a deployment to Africa last year. Stationed in Gulfport, Miss., he and his two sisters decided to celebrate with a trip to New Orleans.

May 3, 2016

Navy Deploys Drones Under Arctic Ice Ahead of Increased Ship Presence

The U.S. Navy wants to know how quickly the ice is melting and understand how soon the U.S. and Russia will be competing for strategic waterways.

May 3, 2016

Navy abandons 'Global force for good' in newest commercials to broaden appeal

The Navy is taking a new approach to its recruiting commercials: Appealing to people who are already in uniform, have long since left the military and those who never will join.

May 3, 2016

Navy Builds a New Class of Sea-Basing Ships

The Navy is take commercial oil ships and having them re-engineered for military sea-basing and transport missions across the globe.

May 3, 2016

Navy Preps to Build New Amphibious Assault Ship

The Navy is getting ready to take the next step in its ongoing competition to build a new amphibious assault ship for the service, officials said. Called the LX®, the new amphib will replace the Navy’s existing fleet of LSD 41/49 dock landing ships in the 2020s and 2030s, said Navy spokesman Matthew Leonard. “LX® will […]

May 3, 2016

Navy Ships Patrol Waters off Yemen Coast as Rebels Takeover Country

Several U.S. Navy amphibious assault ships are now on stand-by off the coast of Yemen to assist with an evacuation of U.S. personnel.

May 3, 2016

Navy to Integrate F-35 With Beyond-the-Horizon Technology

The Navy and Lockheed Martin are planning to demonstrate a beyond-the-horizon anti-ship missile detection and defense technology using an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The system, referred to as Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air, or NIFC-CA, uses Aegis radar, and airborne sensor and SM-6 missile to find, track and destroy approaching threats such as cruise missiles […]

May 3, 2016

Navy officer fired over alleged affair, under investigation in death of woman's husband

U.S. officials say the Navy captain in charge of the naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired and is under investigation in connection with an alleged affair with a woman on the base and the recent death of her husband.

May 3, 2016

Navy Builds New Ship-to-Shore Connectors

The Navy has begun to build a new fleet of air-cushioned Landing Craft Air Cushions — ship-to-shore amphibious connector vehicles able to move sailors, Marines, equipment and gear across the ocean, service officials said. The Navy’s 72 LCACs, in service for decades since the 80s, can transport up to 60-tons, reach speed of 36-knots and travel ranges […]