The announcement with UK firm Babcock comes at a time when the US is preparing to start disposing of older nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
By Justin KatzGray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
The former Enterprise will be the first ever nuclear-powered carrier the Navy inactivates. The Nimitz is slated to be the second.
By Justin Katz
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How is the largest military shipbuilder in the U.S. and only producer of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy transforming itself into a best-in-class solutions provider for the Department of Defense?
By Breaking Defense
The flight III destroyers will have some of the latest and greatest technology currently available to the service.
By Justin Katz
“We very much view this as a generational partnership, one that we’re leaning into, and one that we believe will help generate capability and capacity in Australia,” Eric Chewning, HII’s executive vice president for strategy and development, told a group of reporters.
By Colin Clark Meanwhile, the decommissioned Enterprise remains at Newport News Shipbuilding awaiting its final disposal.
By Justin Katz
The Navy may be left with a large gap in its family of UUVs at a time the service leaders say they are ready to integrate the technology more deeply into the fleet.
By Justin Katz
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro recently said the service is slightly behind its “accelerated” schedule goals for the shipbuilding program.
By Justin Katz
An HII executive told Breaking Defense the NAVSEA certification will open the door for other alloys to be approved for use.
By Justin Katz
The Navy has been building out its LVC training platform — a mix of real life scenarios integrated with virtual reality simulations — with prime contractor HII.
By Jaspreet Gill
An Ingalls executive told reporters the company is acutely aware that affordability is top of mind for the Navy and Marine Corps when it comes to amphibious shipbuilding.
By Justin Katz
LPD-32 was at the center of an unusual public dispute between two service chiefs during a Washington, DC event in March.
By Justin Katz
The two companies aim to expand the use of both their unmanned vessels by linking them together — technologically and, at times, physically.
By Justin Katz
“I just mentioned we haven’t put the [third] ship on contract yet. The line is already running behind,” CNO Adm. Michael Gilday said.
By Justin Katz
