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President-elect Trump picked financier John Phelan as his nominee to be the next Secretary of the Navy, he announced Tuesday. “It is my great honor to announce John Phelan as […] ...
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Monday requested another $7.3 billion from Congress to continue to build the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and cover shortfalls […] ...
The Navy awarded BAE Systems a $212 million contract on Nov. 25 to perform maintenance on the USS Green Bay (LPD-20), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. The award […] ...
The Navy said Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro approved a plan on Oct. 30 to ease stress on the civilian mariners in Military Sealift Command (MSC), in part […] ...
The Navy’s 5th Fleet group that focuses on unmanned testing conducted another iteration of unmanned tests, this time with remote launch of a loitering munitions and the take-off and landing […] ...
The Canadian and Australian defense ministers on Friday announced a new agreement to collaborate on missile defense research focused on emerging threats. This effort specifically focuses on defense of newer […] ...