The structural work for the Navy’s next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy, is now 70 percent complete, according to a Feb. 22 Huntington Ingalls press release. Kennedy, like the most recently manufactured aircraft carriers, is being built in stages of large, completely outfitted sections at the Newport News Shipyard. Watch now: Read full […]
Wicker bill aims to improve Navy surface force readiness
An influential Republican senator is unveiling legislation today to improve the Navy’s surface force readiness that includes language providing new authorities for the service’s acquisition executive. The bill, introduced by Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), is known as the Surface Warfare Enhancement Act and leverages recommendations from the Navy’s Strategic Readiness […]
As fleet grows, it’s a good time to be in the Navy
It’s official: The Navy is growing. The Pentagon has unveiled a five-year plan to add more than 25,000 new sailors to the fleet, putting today’s Navy on the cusp of massive growth that will impact advancement, retention and other career opportunities across the force. When the Defense Department released its budget request for fiscal year […]
NAVSUP FLC Norfolk works with NAVSEA to help Sailors underway repair parts
Norfolk – The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Norfolk Real-Time Reutilization Asset Management (RRAM) program demonstrated a program to make more circuit card assemblies easier to fix for Sailors underway. According to NAVSUP FLC Norfolk’s Director, Physical Distribution/Material Handling Equipment Division Director John Martin, the program is a partnership with the Naval […]
Navy submits 30-year ship acquisition plan
Washington – The Department of the Navy submitted the long-range ship acquisition plan to Congress Feb. 12. The 30-Year Ship Acquisition Plan is a Congressionally-mandated report which describes the Department of the Navy’s long-range shipbuilding plans for 2019-2048. This year’s report focuses on meeting the Navy’s baseline acquisition requirements needed to build the Navy the […]