John Phelan’s tenure as Secretary of the Navy is likely to be one of the most important in recent history. On Tuesday, the ...

Naval Sea Systems Command — the service’s shipbuilding management arm — and the office of the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition referred all questions ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Trump administration has nominated a Purdue University associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics to be an assistant secretary of defense, according to the ...

Both Navy testimony and a government watchdog report this week highlighted the lackluster progress of U.S. shipbuilding ...

Currently, the Navy has 92 ships under contract, with 56 vessels actively in construction. In addition to these prime shipbuilding contracts, Navsea has several shipyards that outsource work. Downey ...

Statements are from Brett Seidle acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Research, Development and Acquisition, Ronald O’Rourke with the Congressional Research Service, Shelby Oakley ...