To ease the backlog, the Navy in 2016 decided to send the Helena to shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries’ yard in ...

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works announced on 1 August 2025 that the US Navy has exercised an option to add an additional ...

The Navy wants to buy 19 ships in fiscal year 2026, but delays, aging shipyards, and new threats may upset those plans.

The US Navy's next-gen DDG(X) destroyer is designed to outgun China's rising fleet, but soaring costs, shaky tech and ...

The US Navy (USN) is seeking suppliers for repairing and upgrading the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (MK 41 VLS). This ...

Adm. James Kilby, the acting chief of naval operations, told BI that cheaper air defense solutions are needed to preserve ...

Here’s a look at the firepower that the US Navy has in and around the Middle East, per a spox; one aircraft carrier and multiple surface warships — all of which are capable of air defense. pic ...

While the US Navy isn’t the largest in the world in terms of the number of ships, it has 11 aircraft carriers, 15 cruisers, 74 destroyers, 25 frigates, 68 nuclear submarines, and an active-duty ...

As they became increasingly impractical, battleships are no longer used by the U.S. Navy. The corvette is another prominent type of ship that isn't currently employed by the American force. In a ...