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Without change, US Navy’s future fleet looks too ambitious for industry

For industry to execute the plans in the Future Years Defense Program, major improvements will have to take place.

By Theo Egan

3 weeks ago

Navy says destroyer deal helps two yards boost capacity at best pace

But one shipbuilding expert thinks the Navy should have guaranteed more ships in the contract to incentivize workforce and infrastructure investments.

By Megan Eckstein

9 months ago

Ukrainian troops surrendering at Mariupol registered as POWs

Hundreds more fighters have emerged from the Mariupol stronghold where they made their last stand and surrendered.

24 months ago

‘We’re so sorry’: Mariupol steel plant evacuees feel relief, grief

The steel plant has a maze of more than 30 bunkers and tunnels spread out over its 11 square kilometers (4 miles), and each bunker was its own world.

24 months ago

Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks

Heavy fighting raged Thursday at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol, as Russian forces attempted to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

2 years ago

Putin claims Mariupol win but won’t storm Ukrainian holdout

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces not to storm the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol but to block it “so that not even a fly comes through.”

2 years ago

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged strategic port city.

2 years ago

Frontline Photos: Feb. 27, 2022

A boarding line, peeking over the Pacific, red rings light up the night and more in this week’s Frontline Photos.

2 years ago

Metallurgist gets 2.5 years for faking steel-test results for Navy subs

Elaine Marie Thomas pleaded guilty to fraud last November.

2 years ago

Navy says it ensured sub safety after fake strength tests surfaced, but won’t detail how

The Navy's actions came after a Washington state metallurgist admitted to falsifying sub steel strength test results for decades.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

2 years ago

Metallurgist admits faking steel-test results for Navy subs

Elaine Marie Thomas pleaded guilty to fraud Monday.

2 years ago

House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships

House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”

By Joe Gould and Megan Eckstein

3 years ago