2025 in review: Navy

The D Brief: New ‘battleship’ announcedThe vessels are to displace some 35,000 tons, three times as much as today’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.December 23, 2025 11:24 AM ET | Bradley Peniston and Ben WatsonCongress supports bare minimum on Navy’s F/A-XX, while fully backing Air Force’s F-47
Appropriators and other lawmakers have pushed for the Navy’s next-gen fighter, but the latest NDAA offers only enough to keep the nascent program warm.December 9, 2025