RAND: What Does the U.S. Navy Need in its Future Combatants?
Naval News asked the RAND Corporation for their opinions on what the U.S. Navy’s next-generation destroyer, the DDG(X), should have in terms of designing the plug-in Payload Module.
25 Apr 2024
Naval News asked the RAND Corporation for their opinions on what the U.S. Navy’s next-generation destroyer, the DDG(X), should have in terms of designing the plug-in Payload Module.
19 Nov 2023
RAND Corporation’s Dr. Bradley Martin, a retired U.S. Navy captain, and Director, Institute for Supply Chain Security, returns to answer a Naval News question, “What does the U.S. Navy really need in the future?”
30 May 2023
The U.S. Navy’s NAVSEA has disclosed to Naval News the initial fate of the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers’ 155mm Advanced Gun Systems.
14 Apr 2023
Lockheed Martin revealed their new VLS development to Naval News at SAS 2023
24 Mar 2023
The U.S. Navy marked a major milestone with the new DDG(X) Land Based Test Site (LBTS) during a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 21, 2023.
18 Feb 2023
Gibbs & Cox, awarded contract by U.S. Navy for DDG(X) and Surface Combatant Ship Design Engineering
07 Feb 2023
Interview with Rear Admiral Fred Pyle, the U.S. Navy’s Director of Surface Warfare (OPNAV N96) during the Surface Navy Association (SNA) 2023 national symposium.
10 Jan 2023
Naval News reached out to the RAND Corporation for comments, and opinions on the US Navy’s next-generation destroyer program, DDG(X).
02 Aug 2022
The U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO) Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) 2022 calls for 373 manned ships and 150 unmanned ships for a total of 523 (estimated) ships by 2045. The NAVPLAN breaks down the classification types and roles of these U.S. Navy vessels into their desired numbers and allotments.
01 Aug 2022
Naval News reached out to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in July 2022 with various follow-up questions to published Naval News stories and also asked about the status of some future ships. NAVSEA replied with additional, if brief, information.