The first hull is expected to hit the water in 2028 as a more nimble companion to the Navy’s larger warships, Navy Secretary ...

The Navy plans to bring back its heavily armed class of warship known as battleships, and it will arm them with the most ...

The U.S. nuclear navy, created by Admiral Hyman Rickover, was an astonishing bureaucratic and cultural revolution in modern military history. Rickover’s belief in superior engineering, continuous ...

“Bigger fleets win” has long been an axiom of naval warfare. But, as China has learned, winning at sea is a matter of quality as well as size. While the United States is turning back toward ...

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Navy destroyers will spend considerably less time projecting American sea power than planned, with chronic delays and labor overruns cutting nearly a decade off their operational lifespans, according ...