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      <description><![CDATA[The US Navy commissioned USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125), its first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer with the SPY-6 radar, on October 7, 2023, at Tampa.]]></description>
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      <title>How A Navy Warship Moves From Keel To Commissioning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The construction of a U.S. Navy surface combatant or submarine follows a fixed sequence of ceremonies and milestones, each marking a documented stage of the shipbuilding process.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Petra Vogel</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[The century-old cabotage law sets three conditions for domestic shipping and has become a fixture in debates over the health of the shipyards the Navy depends on.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Asha Venkataswamy</dc:creator>
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      <title>Virginia-Class Attack Submarines: The Navy&apos;s Fast-Attack Fleet, As of 2026</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A guide to the Navy's Virginia-class fast-attack submarine program, its two-shipyard construction partnership, and its status through the July 2026 contract award and the August 2026 fleet-tasking milestone for USS Massachusetts (SSN-798).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A guide to the four documented milestones that turn a hull under construction into a commissioned warship, drawn from Naval History and Heritage Command and Naval Sea Systems Command records.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:46:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What Replaces the Constellation-Class Frigate Program</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy truncated its FFG-62 frigate buy to two ships in late 2025 and redirected funding toward a new FF(X) class built on the Coast Guard's National Security Cutter hull.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>James Wellington</dc:creator>
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      <title>Virginia-Class Attack Submarines: The Navy&apos;s Fast-Attack Fleet, As of 2026</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A guide to the Navy's Virginia-class fast-attack submarine program, its two-shipyard construction partnership, and its status through the July 2026 contract award and the August 2026 fleet-tasking milestone for USS Massachusetts (SSN-798).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Fixed-Price Incentive Contracts Shape Navy Shipbuilding</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An explainer on the contract type behind most U.S. Navy warship programs, why the Navy prefers it, and what recent oversight findings say about how well it works.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:46:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Navy Recruiting Turnaround: 44,096 Accessions Against a 40,600 Goal in Fiscal 2025</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Navy enlisted 44,096 recruits against a 40,600 goal in fiscal 2025, 108.6 percent of target, its best result in 15 years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Asha Venkataswamy</dc:creator>
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      <title>Dhow Hijackings Kept Somali Piracy Active Through 2025 as Global Incidents Rose</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The ICC International Maritime Bureau logged 45 incidents worldwide in the first quarter of 2025, and dhows and fishing vessels were hijacked off Somalia a]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>James Wellington</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Navy&apos;s Repair Backlog: How Ship Availabilities Work and Why They Fall Behind</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where LCS Ships Deploy: A Guide to Littoral Combat Ship Stations and Missions</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[How the Navy's electromagnetic railgun worked, its Dahlgren test record, and why it was defunded in favor of hypersonic missiles.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>James Wellington</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[GAO-25-106286, published February 27, 2025, finds the Navy's billions in private shipyard investment lack a fully developed strategy.]]></description>
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      <title>Navy Released Its Findings on the USS Gettysburg Friendly-Fire Shootdown of December 2024</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[USS Gettysburg (CG-64) downed an F/A-18F Super Hornet over the Red Sea on December 21, 2024; the Navy published the strike group investigation findings in]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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