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USS Zumwalt to receive hypersonic missile upgrades at HII
The destroyer's modernization period includes installation of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile system.
By Diana Stancy
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
By Joe Gould
Navy’s new destroyer, damaged in a 2019 collision, heads to its homeport in Florida
The Arleigh Burke class destroyer Delbert D. Black was damaged in an accident in 2019 when a Norwegian-flagged vessel struck a barge that subsequently struck the ship, causing delays to the construction and about $31 million in damage.
By Navy Times staff
The Pentagon wants a $10B defense industry cash injection. Is Congress listening?
Pentagon leaders need “around $10 billion” in the next pandemic aid package to cover defense contractors’ coronavirus-related costs. But it’s unclear how the hefty funding handout will square with Republican skepticism of new deficit spending.
By Joe Gould
Countdown: The top stories you need to watch for in 2020!
What we think will be some of the trends and events making headlines next year.
By Navy Times staff
The Navy named its next warship after this city
Designed to replace aging Whidbey Island-class vessels, the Navy wants to buy 13 of these new San Antonio-class variants.
By Navy Times staff
The widow of a World War II Navy hero turns 100
Meet Tess, the wife of Midway pilot George H. Gay.
By Ross Williams, Marietta Daily Journal
One sailor dead, another charged with murder as investigation widens
Charged with murder, the defendant said he was defending himself during a scuffle.
By Mark D. Faram
Shipbuilder lends Navy a hand with rise of robot submarines
Huntington Ingalls Industries builds ships for sailors, but for the last two years it has supported a newer naval trend: the rise of the robots.
By Hugh Lessig, (Newport, Va.) Daily Press via the AP
A fighting Ford prepares to join the fleet
The Navy’s top officer says the troubles plaguing the Navy’s newest flattop have been solved and he expects that it soon will terrorize foes and fascinate friends.
By Mark D. Faram