Featured in FFG(X)BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 28, 2021ShareNew Diagram Details How The Navy’s Frigate Will Differ From Its Italian Parent’s DesignThe Constellation class frigate will be notably larger and wider, displacing hundreds of tons more than the Italian design from which it is derived. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 28, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareThe Navy Has Dozens More MH-60R Helicopters Than It Needs Due To LCS DebacleThe service blew over a billion dollars on choppers it might never have a use for and is spending even more to keep them sitting in storage. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 2, 2020ShareNavy Boss Tells Congress That A New Frigate Will Be Named USS Congress. No, Really.It may sound like a joke, but it actually fits with the Navy’s updated ship naming conventions, and especially for the new class of frigates. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 2, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020ShareNavy Boss Talks ‘Joint Strike Frigate’ Concept After Calls To Build Four Frigates A YearThe Navy’s new frigate could be among the most realistic ways of getting anywhere close to realizing the service’s huge fleet ambitions. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 12, 2020ShareEverything We Just Learned About The Navy’s Dubious Path To A 500 Ship FleetSecretary of Defense Mark Esper has offered new details about the Navy’s future force structure and how the Pentagon hopes to pay for it. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 12, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 18, 2020SharePentagon Notice Says The First Of The Navy’s New Frigates Will Be Named USS Brooke (Updated)The last USS Brooke was the lead ship of the Navy’s first class of guided-missile frigates, which entered service in the 1960s. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 18, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 1, 2020ShareNavy Will Mothball Its First Four Littoral Combat Ships In Nine Months If Congress Lets ItSome lawmakers are pushing to block the retirement of two of the four ships so they can continue to support test work. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 1, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 30, 2020ShareNavy Picks Italian Design For Its New FFG-X Guided Missile FrigateThe frigate, which will be built at the Italian firm’s Wisconsin-based subsidiary, is based on ships already in service with four allied navies. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 30, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 28, 2020ShareNavy Eyes Hiring Two Shipyards To Build Its New Frigates As It Tries To Speed Up ProcurementConcern over the stability of America’s shipbuilding industrial base is one major factor driving the plan. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 28, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 26, 2019ShareCongress Pushes Back On Stunning Navy Plan To Cut Destroyers, Cruisers, Subs, And MoreThe service wants to scale back new production of ships and trim existing hulls as part of a new path to reaching a 355-ship fleet. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 26, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2019ShareThe Navy Is Backing Away From Its 355-Ship Plan, Has Invested Too Much In Too Few HullsNavy officials are increasingly looking at distributed fleets of lower-cost ships with a heavy emphasis on unmanned platforms. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareVital Logistics Ships Will Be Without Critical U.S. Navy Escorts In A Major ConflictMilitary Sealift Command’s mariners will have to ‘fend for themselves’ while convoying during a future high-end conflict. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareIs The U.S. Navy Missing The Boat By Not Including The Type 26 In Its Frigate Competition?The Navy wants to focus on designs that are already in service, but the under construction Type 26 design represents a unique opportunity. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 8, 2019ShareWe Have The First Official Report On Norway’s Sunken Frigate And It Isn’t PrettyThe investigation into the accident is still ongoing, but it has already uncovered confusion on the bridge and design flaws in the ship. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 8, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareIn a Blow to LCS, the US Navy Finally Admits it Needs a Real FrigateThe Navy’s newly released request for information demands more capability, including a robust area air defense capability, that existing Littoral Combat Ships… BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share12
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 28, 2021ShareNew Diagram Details How The Navy’s Frigate Will Differ From Its Italian Parent’s DesignThe Constellation class frigate will be notably larger and wider, displacing hundreds of tons more than the Italian design from which it is derived. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 28, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareThe Navy Has Dozens More MH-60R Helicopters Than It Needs Due To LCS DebacleThe service blew over a billion dollars on choppers it might never have a use for and is spending even more to keep them sitting in storage. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 2, 2020ShareNavy Boss Tells Congress That A New Frigate Will Be Named USS Congress. No, Really.It may sound like a joke, but it actually fits with the Navy’s updated ship naming conventions, and especially for the new class of frigates. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 2, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020ShareNavy Boss Talks ‘Joint Strike Frigate’ Concept After Calls To Build Four Frigates A YearThe Navy’s new frigate could be among the most realistic ways of getting anywhere close to realizing the service’s huge fleet ambitions. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 12, 2020ShareEverything We Just Learned About The Navy’s Dubious Path To A 500 Ship FleetSecretary of Defense Mark Esper has offered new details about the Navy’s future force structure and how the Pentagon hopes to pay for it. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 12, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 18, 2020SharePentagon Notice Says The First Of The Navy’s New Frigates Will Be Named USS Brooke (Updated)The last USS Brooke was the lead ship of the Navy’s first class of guided-missile frigates, which entered service in the 1960s. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 18, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 1, 2020ShareNavy Will Mothball Its First Four Littoral Combat Ships In Nine Months If Congress Lets ItSome lawmakers are pushing to block the retirement of two of the four ships so they can continue to support test work. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 1, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 30, 2020ShareNavy Picks Italian Design For Its New FFG-X Guided Missile FrigateThe frigate, which will be built at the Italian firm’s Wisconsin-based subsidiary, is based on ships already in service with four allied navies. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 30, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 28, 2020ShareNavy Eyes Hiring Two Shipyards To Build Its New Frigates As It Tries To Speed Up ProcurementConcern over the stability of America’s shipbuilding industrial base is one major factor driving the plan. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 28, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 26, 2019ShareCongress Pushes Back On Stunning Navy Plan To Cut Destroyers, Cruisers, Subs, And MoreThe service wants to scale back new production of ships and trim existing hulls as part of a new path to reaching a 355-ship fleet. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 26, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2019ShareThe Navy Is Backing Away From Its 355-Ship Plan, Has Invested Too Much In Too Few HullsNavy officials are increasingly looking at distributed fleets of lower-cost ships with a heavy emphasis on unmanned platforms. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareVital Logistics Ships Will Be Without Critical U.S. Navy Escorts In A Major ConflictMilitary Sealift Command’s mariners will have to ‘fend for themselves’ while convoying during a future high-end conflict. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareIs The U.S. Navy Missing The Boat By Not Including The Type 26 In Its Frigate Competition?The Navy wants to focus on designs that are already in service, but the under construction Type 26 design represents a unique opportunity. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 8, 2019ShareWe Have The First Official Report On Norway’s Sunken Frigate And It Isn’t PrettyThe investigation into the accident is still ongoing, but it has already uncovered confusion on the bridge and design flaws in the ship. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 8, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareIn a Blow to LCS, the US Navy Finally Admits it Needs a Real FrigateThe Navy’s newly released request for information demands more capability, including a robust area air defense capability, that existing Littoral Combat Ships… BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
