Navy Seeks to Avoid Cost Overruns on Next Carrier Navy officials say they are trying to avoid the type of cost overruns on the USS Kennedy that plagued its predecessor.
Lincoln Starts Overhaul Amidst Budget Pressures Following some budget delays, U.S. Navy officials and shipbuilders with Huntington Ingalls Industries are now surging through...
Russian Carrier Scheduled to Sail to Syrian Coast Russia planned to send its only aircraft carrier on a port visit to Syria later this year in a sign of Moscow's long-term...
First Ford Class Carrier Readies for Launch The USS Gerald R. Ford, the nation's first Ford Class aircraft carrier, is readying for christening on Nov 9.
Congress to Hagel: Keep 11 Aircraft Carriers Eleven members of Congress have signed a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel asking that he make sure the Navy retains...
Navy Launches Massive Ford-Class Carrier Test The U.S. Navy is starting a 26-month test and technology integration phase for the recently christened USS Gerald R. Ford.
Carrier Fleet Still Vulnerable to Sequestration Pentagon leaders have placed the future of its carriers at the forefront of discussing future Congressional budget decisions.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
