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National Defense December 2015 Allyson Versprille	Augmented Reality Could Help Solve Ford-Class Carrier Cost Woes Executives at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, the Huntington Ingalls division that is constructing the Navy's next-generation Ford-class supercarriers, said new technology employing digital design and construction could help reduce labor hours and lower acquisition costs for the program
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy	Carrier Overhaul The USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the Navy's oldest nuclear aircraft carrier -- just back from the war in Iraq -- is undergoing a $200 million overhaul that will help her last at least another decade. The work is being done at the Northrop Grumman Newport News, Va., shipyard.
National Defense September 2012 Dan Parsons	Budget Crunch Could Jeopardize New Carrier Procurement With uncertain economic waters ahead, there may be a growing reticence within the Defense Department to commit to buying future aircraft carriers, its single largest procurement item.
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Carrier Flight Decks Will Have `Pit Stops' for Navy Fighter Jets A new aircraft carrier that is scheduled to enter service during the next decade will offer a radically different approach to servicing and prepping fighter jets.
IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 Peter Alpern	Visualize This Northrop Grumman completes a 3-D product model for a next-generation aircraft carrier.
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean	Navy's Shipbuilding Strategy Remains Under Fire A fleet of 278 ships today -- less than half of what it was two decades ago -- is likely to continue to shrink unless the Navy can contain the soaring costs of building new ships.
Wired September 2003 Douglas McGray	The Best Defense Is a Good Upgrade This $4.5 billion piece of next-gen naval hardware is already obsolete -- by design. Welcome aboard the flexible technology platform called the USS Ronald Reagan.
National Defense June 2005 Robert H. Williams	Navy's New Carrier: An Electrifying Ride Construction of the Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier, the CVN-21, could begin as early as this year, even though the ship's design continues to evolve.
National Defense June 2004 John Stanton	Navy Aircraft Carrier Designed For Trouble-Free Maintenance Despite growing interest in possibly expanding the number of vertical-takeoff warplanes in the U.S., it's unlikely that they will fly from the deck of the Navy's future aircraft carrier, the CVN-21.
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy	Navy Seeks to Simplify Ship Maintenance To keep ships ready to deploy, the U.S. Navy is working to reduce the time that its ships spend in maintenance.
National Defense March 2010 Grace V. Jean	Builders of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Pull Out All the Stops When the Navy later this year picks a winner to build its littoral combat ship, no matter which contractor is selected, the decision will be seen as a turning point for the troubled program.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	China Taking Steps to Make Aircraft Carrier Fully Operational The carriers are part of a master plan to transform the nation from a "continental power" to a "maritime power," experts at a recent Heritage Foundation discussion said.
National Defense April 2011 Grace V. Jean	Shipbuilder Wrings Out Savings Through Yard Improvements, Partnerships Navy officials have come down hard on shipbuilding companies to cut out the fat where they can on soaring construction costs. One U.S. shipyard is embracing the ultra-efficient business practices of South Korean builders.
Popular Mechanics October 2008 Jeff Wise	Building the World's Biggest Ship: Behind-the-Scenes First Look How do you construct the most massive boat ever? One piece at a time. Read about the world's next generation of mega cruise liners taking shape in a Finnish shipyard.
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper	Funding Restricted for Ford-Class Carriers Lawmakers are pushing new funding restrictions in an effort to control the costs of Ford-class aircraft carriers.
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Ship Construction Costs Endanger Navy's Fleet Expansion With runaway shipbuilding costs, disruptions in key programs and competing budgetary needs, the Navy is heading into one of its toughest procurement cycles yet.
National Defense April 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	As the Cost of Sailors Rises, Navy Finds Ways to Get Them Off Ships Navy ships in the future may go to sea with fewer, but perhaps happier sailors.
National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance.
National Defense August 2007 Dave Chesebrough	Association Leaders Experience Life Aboard the 'Big E' A recent visit to the USS Enterprise became an unforgettable experience for the presidents of the National Training and Simulation Association and the Association for Enterprise Integration.
National Defense May 2009 Grace V. Jean	Smarter Shipbuilding Could Help Ease Navy's Budget Troubles The 374-foot USS Freedom, which was delivered to the Navy last fall, was Marinette Marine Corp.'s largest and most complex ship construction project
National Defense December 2013 Valerie Insinna	LCS Training Strategy Mixes Education and Video Games Earlier this year, Cubic Advanced Learning Solutions was awarded $300 million worth of contracts to provide video game-style training to sailors for the littoral combat ship crews.
World War II August 25, 2004 William B. Allmon	USS Liscome Bay As the escort carrier Liscome Bay turned to launch its aircraft off Makin Atoll on November 24, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Sunao Tabata of I-175 found himself presented with a target that submariners dream of.
National Defense July 2010 Grace V. Jean	Shipyards Speed Up Submarine Production Amid Concerns About Navy's Future Budgets Beginning next year, the Navy plans to double the production rate to two submarines per year for $2.5 billion apiece.
National Defense March 2011 Grace V. Jean	Aluminum 'Truck' Joint High Speed Vessel: Great Potential, But Questions Remain The Defense Department this decade will build a fleet of new high-speed aluminum ships specifically designed to shuttle hundreds of troops and tons of cargo around a theater of operations. Analysts say the joint high speed vessel would alleviate pressures on an overtaxed fleet.
National Defense July 2010 Grace V. Jean	What It Will Take for the Navy to Deploy a 'Green' Carrier Strike Group Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced with much fanfare plans to deploy a "green" carrier strike group in 2016.
National Defense December 2005 Grace Jean	Navy Must Close Budget Gap To Build Future Fleet Amid budget constraints and rising shipbuilding costs, the Navy faces a significant challenge in building its future force, according to naval analysts.
National Defense September 2012 Eric Beidel	Carrier Debate Rages in Face Of New Threats The super carrier has been a symbol of U.S. power around the globe for decades, but increasing costs and other factors have critics questioning the need for so many of the giant warships.
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Pentagon Turns to Engineers for Troop Transport Fix in Iraq: Analysis (With 6 Next-Gen Chopper Designs!) The Army and Air Force will seek Pentagon approval for the development of new aircraft that can carry big loads and land on poorly built, short runways -- or no runways at all.
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control.
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean	Navy still Years Away From Deploying Attack Drones Aboard Aircraft Carriers Given the Navy's checkered history of flying drones aboard ships, it's not surprising that its first pursuit of an unmanned aircraft geared for carrier operations has progressed cautiously and even with a hint of trepidation.
Vietnam August 24, 2004 G.W. Frederickson	Mined in the Mekong Delta When VC frogmen struck USS Westchester County, they inflicted the Navy's greatest single-incident combat loss of the war.
National Defense September 2004 Harold Kennedy	Newport News Christens Its First Sub in a Decade The Navy plans eventually to build 30 Virginia-class submarines. Currently, Newport News and Electric Boat have contracts to build 10 of them. They are sharing the work, with each shipbuilder constructing parts of every boat and alternating responsibility for final assembly.
National Defense November 2014 Valerie Insinna	Shipbuilders Bet on Radical Hull Designs to Defeat Swarming Boat Threat There is a need for a highly, highly stabilized craft that are not large, that are smaller, that can be used to patrol and defend the Navy's ships while they're in troubled waters against high-speed boats.
Popular Mechanics February 1998 Jim Wilson	City at Sea Nearly a mile long and 25 stories high, Freedom will be the largest vessel ever to sail the seven seas...
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	A Navy With Fewer Aircraft Carriers No Longer Unthinkable The display of naval firepower currently in progress in the waters of the Persian Gulf is a reminder of the commanding presence of the big-deck aircraft carriers. But it may not be enough to save the venerable flattops from the overwhelming power of the Pentagon's budget ax.
National Defense April 2014 Stew Magnuson	Navy Ship Numbers for Asia-Pacific Shift Don't Add Up The Defense Department's strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific region has gone hand in hand with a budget crunch, which in turn may test the Navy's ability to maintain a sufficient number of ships to carry out a global mission, analysts said.
National Defense July 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy to Consider New Ways to Shuttle Passengers, Supplies to Aircraft Carriers The Navy will decide over the next two years how it will modernize its fleet of 35 cargo planes that move passengers and supplies from bases on land to big-deck aircraft carriers at sea.
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kennedy	Navy's High-Speed Vessel Aids Relief Effort The HSV-2 Swift may be a forerunner of a next-generation fleet of fast, shallow-draft American-built transports capable of operating close along the shorelines of the world's hot spots.
IndustryWeek December 16, 2010	Breaking Down Manufacturing Walls with 3-D Simulation Virtualization allows engineers to view their products from concept to design, testing and manufacturability, all at once.
IndustryWeek October 7, 2010	IW 50 Best: Production Moves Full Speed Ahead At General Dynamics General Dynamics cuts production costs and time by retooling its manufacturing processes.
National Defense June 2011 Grace V. Jean	Navy's Shipbuilding Challenges Loom Large in the 2020s Builders of U.S. Navy ships are attempting to rein in costs that have doubled over the last 20 years.
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Shipbuilding Plan Sailing Into Turbulent Seas Cutbacks in personnel, training and maintenance costs will fuel a moderate growth in Navy procurement programs starting in 2008, albeit at a slower pace than Navy leaders had forecast a year ago, analysts estimate.
National Defense June 2011 Grace V. Jean	Shipyard Pursuing Cost-Cutting Measures For Next-Generation Ballistic Missile Submarine One of the Navy's most expensive purchases -- the next-generation ballistic missile submarine -- is still years away, but a shipyard is working on the preliminary design with an eye towards shaving close to $1 billion off the expected $5.7 billion price tag.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 Edward J. Walsh	Navy on the verge of major shipboard electronics breakthroughs Open-architecture and COTS technologies are critical for advances in ship propulsion, navigation and guidance, weapons control, ballistic missile defense, modular mission packages, and related systems for the nation's maritime defense.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Threats To Aircraft Carriers Bolster Case for Unmanned Combat Jets The dominance of U.S. aircraft carriers, however, could be one day challenged if future enemies arm themselves with accurate, long-range missiles.
World War II June 2005 Walter Hassell	USS Lexington: Walter Hassell Recalls the Torpedo Attack That Ended Lady Lex Unlike the flight crews, who had performed so well and valiantly, the ground crew and ship's company had been but spectators in the war. All this was to change.
National Defense September 2004 Harold Kennedy	Costs, Delays Surface Again for New Attack Submarines Just a year after U.S. Navy officials assured Congress that they had taken steps to stem rising costs and production delays for the newest family of nuclear-powered attack submarines, they now concede that problems may not have gone away.
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson	Nuclear Power Plants on New Submarines May Last 40-Plus Years The Navy hopes to have the first replacement for the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine on duty by 2031. When that vessel is launched, the on board nuclear power plant is expected to last its entire 40-year service life.
National Defense May 2005 Sandra Erwin	Shipbuilding Strategy Makes Sure Bet on Uncertain Future War-strained Pentagon budgets, rising shipbuilding costs and inconsistent messages by the Navy's leadership are conspiring to bring about what could be a dramatic downsizing in the Navy.
National Defense November 2007 Grace Jean	Shipbuilders Forecast Exodus of Submarine Designers Builders of Navy submarines for years have tried to convince admirals and members of Congress that trouble lies ahead.