US President Donald Trump wants to reintroduce the battleship into the US Navy, which decommissioned its last BB in 1992.

After finishing my last article on the inability of the US Navy to build frigates, I was hopeful that I could have a bit of a break before the next crisis in ...

From what we know of President Trump’s upcoming “battleship” project, it roughly adheres to the historical standard of the ...

Key Points and Summary - President Trump wants a new class of Trump-class “guided missile battleships,” but the case for them is unclear, and the timeline is, in one word, implausible. -The proposed ...

A new Congressional Research Service report presented lawmakers with issues to consider regarding the proposed BBG(X) warships, including the costs and capabilities ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries will finalize its design schedule for the Trump-class battleship within 60 days—but it will need to survive many other challenges before leaving the drawing board.

President Donald Trump scrambled Navy ship-naming traditions last week with his announcement of a new “Trump-class” battleship, to be called the USS Defiant, featuring nuclear-tipped missiles and ...

Chis Kastner, HII president and CEO, said shipbuilders at Ingalls and Newport News are committed to continuing their work in lock step with the Navy to expand the U.S. Fleet. A new class of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

The U.S. Navy will get two new battleships, the “largest we've ever built,” sometime in the 2030s, President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 22. Construction of the ships, designated Trump-class ...

On Dec. 22 at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump — flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Navy Secretary John Phelan — announced a plan to build battleships that would ...

U.S. Navy leaders speaking at a military conference outlined what they described as the strategic opportunities of the recently announced battleships.