NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence: USNavy

US Navy - US flagship reaches Georgian port held by Russia

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:16:59 GMT

Associated Press - The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet, the USS Mount Whitney, anchored Friday outside the key Georgian port of Poti, defiantly delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged U.S. ally in a slap at Moscow.

Operations Other Than War - Bataan deploys from Norfolk for hurricane relief exercises

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:27:13 GMT

Virginian Pilot - As two new tropical storms roll through the Atlantic, the amphibious assault ship Bataan left Norfolk Naval Station this morning to conduct hurricane relief exercises.

US Navy - Bataan to deploy to Gulf Coast; prepare for hurricane relief

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:59:06 GMT

Virginian Pilot - The US Navy on Saturday ordered the big-deck amphibious ship Bataan to deploy and prepare for disaster relief as Hurricane Gustav grew in intensity and bore down on the Gulf Coast.

US Navy - Navy cancels new destroyers

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:33:13 GMT

Los Angeles Times -The Navy took the unusual step of abruptly canceling construction of its expensive new class of destroyers last month because the ships lack abilities that top commanders believe are necessary to protect U.S. interests, according to the service's senior officer.

US Navy - Lockheed's New Combat Ship Passes Its Review From Navy

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:29:54 GMT

Wall Street Journal - After passing a U.S. Navy review, Lockheed Martin Corp. is closing in on delivering a new warship that will be a milestone in the defense contractor's expanding foray into shipbuilding.

US Navy - Norfolk ship ready to bring more aid to Georgia

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:48 GMT

Virginian Pilot - The quick delivery of more than 50 tons of humanitarian aid to war-torn Georgia on Sunday left the crew of a Norfolk-based destroyer "extremely enthusiastic about the opportunity to help" and ready to do more.

US Navy - New challenge in drug war: semi-subs

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:27:19 GMT

Christian Science Monitor - Drug cartels have turned to a new and effective vehicle to smuggle their goods, using small, homemade "semi-submersibles" that are hard to detect and yet effective at carrying millions of dollars worth of cocaine and other illicit drugs that end up in the United States.

US Navy - Navy: Aging P-3s safe despite mishaps

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:59:20 GMT

Navy Times - The Navy’s traditionally safe P-3 Orion patrol aircraft community has suffered six in-flight mishaps this fiscal year — including its first Class A mishap in at least 10 years. But despite a steady uptick in mishaps, and the December grounding of 39 P-3s because of fears that wing sections could break off in flight, Navy and civilian officials insist the Orion is still safe to fly.

US Navy - US warship reaches Georgian port

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:20:22 GMT

BBC - A US warship has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi carrying the first delivery of aid supplies by sea.

US Navy - Repairs complete, the GW heads to Japan

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:17:32 GMT

Virginian Pilot - The carrier George Washington left San Diego on Thursday, bound once again for Japan after undergoing several months of repairs caused by a shipboard fire.

US Navy - Navy reverses course, to seek third stealth destroyer

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:28:12 GMT

Associated Press - The Navy has changed course and decided to push for construction of a third DDG-1000 destroyer that would be built at Bath Iron Works.

US Navy - Pledging to Leave Georgia, Russia Tightens Its Grip

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:28:37 GMT

New York Times - Turkey refuses a US request to allow the hospital ship Comfort to transit the Bosphorus Straits to deliver aid to Georgia.

Baltimore Sun - USNS Comfort won't go to Georgia

US Navy - Non-Nuclear Warhead Urged for Trident Missile

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:36:54 GMT

Washington Post - A National Research Council blue-ribbon panel of defense experts is recommending development and testing of a conventional warhead for submarine-launched intercontinental Trident missiles to give the president an alternative to using nuclear weapons for a prompt strike anywhere in the world.

US Navy - Firebolt first U.S. Navy ship to dock in Iraq in 15 months

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:06:15 GMT

Virginian Pilot - Port of Call - Iraq...

US Navy - Navy Reacts To Missile Threats

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:07:23 GMT

Defense Technology International - Tests this summer of Raytheon Standard Missile 2 weapons from the Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie were intended to demonstrate technology for a quick-reaction defense against ballistic missiles in their terminal phase. In the dry terminology of missile defense, this may not sound critical, but it indicates that the Navy is very worried about a new threat: the anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM).

Indications are that China, in particular, is developing an ASBM - an intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a guided warhead. The weapon outranges any sea-based weapon, including strike aircraft, and is hard to intercept with the most widely used versions of the Standard Missile, which are designed to hit aircraft.

The Navy is responding rapidly, according to RAdm Alan Hicks, program director for Aegis missile defense at the Missile Defense Agency.

US Navy - U.S. nuclear sub leaked radiation

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:28:31 GMT

Associated Press - A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor.

US Navy - Researchers tag whales, track ships in sonar study

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:26:25 GMT

Virginian Pilot - Debate has long raged over how the military's use of sonar to detect enemy submarines affects dolphins and whales, which use sound to navigate, communicate and locate food. Now, researchers are moving closer to getting some solid answers.

US Navy - Navy: No Need to Add DDG 1000s After All

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:34:07 GMT

Defense News - Top Navy acquisition officials dramatically reversed course during a congressional hearing July 31, saying the service needed to purchase more Arleigh Burke-class DDG 51 destroyers, and no longer needs the next-generation destroyer it has been pushing for over the past 13 years.

US Navy - Navy relieves top officers on carrier Washington after fire

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:21:15 GMT

Virginian Pilot - The Navy on Wednesday relieved the two top officers of the aircraft carrier George Washington from duty, following a fire that caused about $70 million in damage.

US Navy - With fire at sea a deadly threat, Navy stays prepared

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:24:22 GMT

Virginian Pilot - The US Navy continues to emphasize fire-fighting training...

US Navy - Torpedoed

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:06:19 GMT

Defense Technology International - The US Navy has decided not to build more than two DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class land-attack destroyers. Official word comes Thursday...

US Navy - Cost and design bugs could sink new destroyer program

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:35:45 GMT

Virginian Pilot - The DDG 1000 was to be a class of two dozen destroyers with a radar-evading profile and a crew half the size of those on similar vessels. But purchases are on hold because of the cost – up to $5 billion each – and reliance on unproven technologies.

US Navy - P-8 Program Already Looking Into Crystal Ball

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:54:17 GMT

Defense News - Even before the first test version of the U.S. Navy's P-8 Poseidon is completely built, program managers have their eye on future versions of the submarine-hunting, intelligence-gathering plane.

US Navy - 13,000 Japanese protest US nuclear carrier

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:41:32 GMT

Associated Press - Thousands of Japanese rallied against the permanent basing of a nuclear-powered U.S. warship near Tokyo, saying a recent onboard fire made it unsafe. About 13,000 protesters gathered at a park near the port of Yokosuka, just south of the capital, where the USS George Washington aircraft carrier will be based.

US Navy - Nassau strike group provided show of force amid Mideast tensions

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:50:27 GMT

Virginian Pilot - During the last five months in the Middle East, tensions grew in Syria, unrest delayed Lebanon’s president election more than 15 times, and Iraq struggled to keep oil pumping to its main offshore terminals. The USS Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group has had front row seats for all of the action.

US Navy - Carrier with Oceana-based squadron shifted to Afghanistan

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:26:22 GMT

Associated Press - The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was moved out of the Persian Gulf and to the Gulf of Oman, shortening the time that the carrier's strike planes must fly to support combat in Afghanistan.The decision reflects both the worsened state of the fight in Afghanistan but improvements in Iraq as well.

US Navy - Carriers Too Slow to Embrace UAVs, Think Tank Says

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:17:05 GMT

Defense Technology International - A recent report (PDF) by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, titled, “Range, Persistence, Stealth, and Networking: The Case for a Carrier-Based Unmanned Combat Air System” by Thomas P. Ehrhard, PhD and Robert O. Work takes the U.S. Navy to task for not pushing harder to develop and field unmanned air combat systems for its aircraft carriers.

US Navy - Pacific Choke Point

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:44:09 GMT

Air Force - The US military now feels a need to keep a wary eye on the Strait of Malacca and its neighborhood.

US Navy - Think small

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:09:24 GMT

Armed Forces Journal - Adding small combatant ships would beef up the Navy’s capabilities.

US Navy - USS Cole attack 'plotter' charged

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:26:20 GMT

BBC - US military prosecutors have filed charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 attack on the USS Cole warship that left 17 sailors dead.

US Navy - U.S. Downs Missile In Test Over Pacific

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:32:48 GMT

Associated Press - The U.S. military intercepted a ballistic missile Thursday in the first such sea-based test since a Navy cruiser shot down an errant satellite earlier this year.

The military fired at the target, a Scud-like missile with a range of a few hundred miles, from a decommissioned amphibious assault ship near Hawaii's island of Kauai.

The USS Lake Erie, based at Pearl Harbor, fired two interceptor missiles that shot down the target in its final seconds of flight about 12 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

The $40 million test showed that Navy ships are capable of shooting down short-range targets in their last phase of flight using modified missiles, the military said.

US Navy - Navy Hopes This Jam Is Gonna Last

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:54:53 GMT

Defense Technology International - The customer sounds happy as the first EA-18G Growler reaches the operator.

US Navy - Obsessed with tactics - The Navy neglects the importance of operational art

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:14:24 GMT

Armed Forces Journal - The Navy today is overly focused on the tactical employment of its combat forces, in its doctrine and practice. This might not be a problem in case of a conflict with numerically and technologically inferior forces. However, the Navy would have a much greater problem and possibly suffer a major defeat in a war with a relatively strong opponent that better balances the employment of his forces at the tactical and operational levels of war. The Navy’s superior technology and tactics would not be sufficient to overcome its lack of operational thinking.

US Navy - Cold wars at sea

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:11:24 GMT

Armed Forces Journal - It might be tempting to dismiss the U.S. Navy’s potential focus on China as a passing fad — part of the now-familiar phenomena of “China fever.” Another perspective holds that this focus can best be explained by a simple case of enemy deprivation syndrome. While there is a kernel of truth in both of these intellectual approaches, facts on, above and especially under the water increasingly belie these conclusions and demand serious attention from American strategists.

US Navy - Kitty Hawk Leaves Japan for Decommissioning

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:44:08 GMT

Associated Press - The oldest active ship in the U.S. Navy, the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, made its final departure from Japan on Wednesday to be decommissioned after nearly half a century of service.

US Navy - Japanese file appeal against US aircraft carrier

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:45:40 GMT

Associated Press - Japanese seeking to block a nuclear-powered U.S. warship from being permanently based in Japan took their lawsuit to a higher court Monday. The latest move by the 248 plaintiffs follows the May 12 rejection by a district court of their lawsuit demanding a halt to harbor work to accommodate the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which is scheduled to be based at Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, starting August.

US Navy - Titanic search was cover for secret Cold War subs mission

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:17:07 GMT

The Times - The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that the discovery was a cover story to camouflage the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold War nuclear submarines...When Bob Ballard led a team that pinpointed the wreckage of the liner in 1985 he had already completed his main task of finding out what happened to USS Thresher and USS Scorpion.

US Navy - Navy Riverine Squadron Two returns to Norfolk today

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:30:38 GMT

Virginian Pilot - Riverine Squadron Two, with 130 sailors, is expected to return to Norfolk today after nearly eight months on deployment in Iraq.

US Navy - Boeing building new submarine-hunting airliner

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:15:55 GMT

Northwest Cable News - The Boeing 737 is the most popular airliner in the world, but Boeing is also building a militarized version.

US Navy - USS Kitty Hawk makes last port call in Hong Kong

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:09:10 GMT

Associated Press - The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk sailed into Hong Kong on Monday on its final away-from-home port call five months after being turned away by China.

US Navy - Lesson on How Not to Build a Navy Ship

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:27:52 GMT

New York Times - A critical look at the troubled gestation of the Littoral Combat Ship.

US Navy - Norfolk-based destroyer Stout deemed unfit, triggering fleet review

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:03:16 GMT

Virginian Pilot - The Navy will review maintenance and training across the surface fleet after a recent inspection found the Norfolk-based destroyer Stout unfit for sustained combat.

US Navy - What makes a Global Hawk into a BAMS?

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:47:59 GMT

Defense Technology International - Surprisingly few airframe changes are needed to make Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk into the US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance System, although the RQ-4N will have a different mission profile than the US Air Force's RQ-4B.

US Navy - Flight-Test Program Accelerates for U.S. Navy's E-2D

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:16:57 GMT

Aviation Week - Within three years, the U.S. Navy's fleet will have fielded the technology for precisely locating small, flying targets. The target set embraces some of the Navy's latest nightmares, including the next-generation of stealthy - sometimes supersonic - cruise missiles.

US Navy - Nuclear carrier GW on voyage of diplomacy to Japan

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:07:50 GMT

Virginian Pilot - When the George Washington ties up in Yokosuka, Japan, in August, it will become the first nuclear-powered carrier based in the only nation ever to be attacked by nuclear weapons.

US Navy - GW leaves for new base in Japan on Monday

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:50:41 GMT

Virginian Pilot - The aircraft carrier George Washington, with a crew of about 3,200, is slated to depart Monday en route to its new home base in Yokosuka, Japan, where it will replace the Kitty Hawk as the United States’ only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier.

US Navy - Carried Away

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:56:25 GMT

Armed Forces Journal - A challenge to the US Navy to align its old-style, carrier-heavy procurement strategy with the new maritime strategy.

US Navy - Undersea warfare: The hidden threat

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:01:35 GMT

Armed Forces Journal - The author points downward to a potential threat still overlooked: an attack on seabed infrastructure critical to the economy and to U.S. security.

US Navy - The big gamble

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:41:33 GMT

Armed Forces Journal - A questioning of the wisdom of introducing three major new ship platforms (DDG 1000 destroyer, CVN 78 carrier and LCS) at the same time - all based on untested designs. Is this bold new thinking or reckless risk?

US Navy - Taking risks

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:46:19 GMT

Armed Forces Journal - A comparison of good risk with bad risk. Successful implementation of the new maritime strategy depends on the Navy leadership seizing the first while mitigating the latter.