http://www.military.com/News/Home/0,13324,,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS Military Navy News Center Wednesday, 08 February 2012 3:29:52 PM http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,241055,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The U.S. Navy has already altered its Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship, LCS-1, to address problems uncovered in testing, but the ship still needs to be fundamentally redesigned, say leading defense analysts. 2012-01-31 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,240993,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The U.S. Navy will keep its aircraft carrier fleet at the now-magical number, 11, while other ships are being slipped or cut over the next five years, according to a preview of the upcoming fiscal 2013 budget request detailed Jan. 26 by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. 2012-01-28 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,240926,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The U.S. Navy should do a "thorough analyses of alternatives (AOA) for its future surface combatant program," the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended in a report released Jan. 24. 2012-01-25 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,240292,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The new set of Pentagon priorities discussed Jan. 5 by President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta includes provisions that will likely bolster U.S. naval forces -- but possibly dampen service plans for some proposed fleet upgrades. 2012-01-06 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,239111,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The Navy is hoping to shift 10-15% of its sole-source work into a competitive environment in the coming years as part of a push to more smartly buy and manage weapon system development and production in a tightly constrained budget environment. 2011-12-01 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,238489,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS While the U.S. Navy remains on course with its current plan to build submarines, carriers, destroyers and other surface combatants, the future remains murky, says Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) CEO Mike Petters. 2011-11-15 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,238209,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS Enhanced ballistic missile defense missions will stretch the future U.S. Navy destroyer force beyond its fleet limits as well as put even more pressure on the service's already stressed funding accounts, according to an Aviation Week Intelligence Network analysis and a recent Congressional Research Service report. 2011-11-07 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,237910,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS The Pentagon is reducing the next buy of Lockheed Martin F-35s to 30 from 35 aircraft in order cover cost overruns incurred in earlier production lots, according to the Joint Program Office (JPO). 2011-10-31 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,237772,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS New flight-control software meant to help aircraft "stick" aircraft carrier landings more cleanly could lead to major aircraft redesigns that would save costs, reduce wear and tear on future aircraft and improve their overall performance, according to the Office of Naval Research (ONR), which has been spearheading the technology's development. 2011-10-26 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,237623,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS Both variants of the U.S. Navy's new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) are proving their worth, says Rear Adm. James Murdoch, LCS program executive officer, but there's room for improvement. 2011-10-21