American carriers have never been more vulnerable. And the U.S. defense technological base is struggling to keep up with—and ...

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While their legacy endures, the Iowa-class represents a bygone era of warfare, ill-suited for today’s high-tech, unmanned, ...

At Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Sens. Susan Collins and Jeanne Shaheen urge Trump's new Navy secretary to keep up with China on ...

The U.S Navy has a vast variety of terms that are more familiar than others, like the main deck and overboard. However, ...

The US Navy officials failed to advance Amanda S. Reynolds’ application, then told her in the fall that she would no longer qualify for Naval Officer Training Command in Newport, RI, because she’d be ...

The new policy aims to revitalize a U.S. shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals ...

This story has been updated to correct the name of the person performing the duties of deputy undersecretary of defense for ...

Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S.

The meeting came after workers at the Kittery shipyard were initially targeted as part of the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

The boatswain’s mate, who grew up in Egypt, was awarded for his gutsy role in responding to a pirate attack on a commercial ...

Readers object to the Naval Academy’s removal of books from its library. Also: Measles vaccines; cutting the E.P.A.; a cost ...