Naval warships must undergo a complex, intensive process before they make it to sea. It's a deeply regimented system filled with certifications, checklists, and tests, all conducted before a ship ...

New Autonomous concepts often depend upon access to old, imperfect craft—Like this old TSV—for testing. U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo, the new leader of the sprawling U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, ...

The following is the Jan. 15 2026, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Shipbuilding: Improving Warfighter Engagement and Tools for Operational Testing Could Increase Timeliness and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy's Self Defense Test Ship, formerly known as the USS Paul F. Foster, is shown returning to its home port at Port Hueneme, ...

The Navy doesn’t have a clear plan for replacing the capabilities of an aging destroyer used to test the effectiveness of ship defense systems needed to protect against threats like those recently ...

The Navy was in such a hurry to get its first two Littoral Combat Ships into service that it didn’t fully test them for problems before delivery, adding almost $200 million to their cost and raising ...

The Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 MV-22 Ship Suitability Team at NAS Patuxent River was recognized by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Commander in November for its efforts ...

See the game-changing, cross-domain, cross-service concepts the Strategic Capabilities Office and @USNavy are rapidly developing: an SM-6 launched from a modular launcher off of USV Ranger. Such ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 26 (UPI) --An aging, decommissioned destroyer that plays a little-known, but vital, role in maintaining the self-defense systems of Navy warfighting ships is on its last legs, ...