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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
Why the Navy thinks the carrier Gerald R. Ford will work after all
The combination punch of good news at the Senate Armed Services' Seapower Subcommittee included testimony that the Navy has recorded significant cost savings during the building of the John F. Kennedy, the next Ford-class carrier, and is prepping to purchase two similar flattops in Fiscal Year 2020.
By Mark D. Faram
Federal watchdog report chides Navy for submarine maintenance snafus
During a Thanksgiving conference call with Navy Times and the U.S. Naval Institute, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said that there “were no surprises in that report."
By Carl Prine
The Big E keeps costing the Navy big bucks
Officials announced Monday that the Navy will pay an additional $34 million to the Huntington Ingalls Newport News shipyard to keep mothballing the world’s first nuclear carrier and prepare its hull for towing elsewhere.
By Mark D. Faram
West Virginia VA medical center renamed to honor Medal of Honor recipient
A Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Virginia has changed its name to honor a 95-year-old veteran.
The US Navy’s next carrier is now 50 percent complete
The future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy is the next ship in the Ford class.
By Jeff Martin