The Navy plans to commission the future destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) on Saturday, the Pentagon announced. The ceremony will take place in Port Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday morning and is closed to the public because of COVID-19, according to a Defense Department press release. The commissioning can be watched through an online broadcast. Delbert […]

A candid photograph posted on Chinese social media sheds light on a Chinese project to develop an unmanned ship similar to the U.S. Navy’s Sea Hunter. The trimaran is remarkably similar to the Sea Hunter in almost every respect. Although the designation of the project is unknown, based on imagery analysis, the builder and dimensions […]

The following is the Sept. 24, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998. The one Virginia-class boat that the Navy is requesting for procurement in FY2021 would be […]