At a time when the incoming administration wants to position itself to challenge China's growing strengths, namely its rapidly expanding naval fleet, it is curious that the Navy continues to decommission perfectly good warships.
The Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) became the first warship to deploy with a program-of-record artificial intelligence (AI) platform. Its creators say the system will help the fleet predict and tackle maintenance needs in a far less disruptive fashion.
For the Navy to meet its goal of having 80% of its fleet ready to deploy by 2027, the service must stick to its maintenance schedule.
As ships collect ever more sensor data, Navy information warfare officers have to figure out how to quickly process information without getting bogged down.
The amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney at its homeport in Gaeta, Italy, on Jan. 31, 2025. The flagship of U.S. 6th Fleet, Mount Whitney was commissioned in 1971 and is the fourth-oldest commissioned active ship in the Navy. (Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes)
The following is the Jan. 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. From the report Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy,
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, students at Western High School in Anaheim got some sense of what they could experience in the Navy through Strike Team, a virtual reality program in which they could “navigate” a Navy ship through obstacles and then jump into the water on a diving mission.
An independent review says a third-party instructor who led a strenuous training session that led to the hospitalization of lacrosse players at Tufts University appeared to lack credentials to supervise group exercise.
According to a post on X, the U.S. Naval Academy is on lockdown as Naval Support and local law enforcement respond to threats made against multiple buildings on the North Severn Complex. Officials sha
The medical facility, responsible for the care of U.S. presidents and wounded troops, may struggle for months to return to normal operations, staff says.