America's military services are not exactly known for frugal procurement, but the problems ballooned when the Navy set out to ...

The U.S. Navy wasted $1.84 billion on ships that provided zero operational value to the fleet after their modernization ...

The Navy's Ticonderoga-class cruisers were the first warships to ... proposal to decommission the ships faster than it could replace them, so the modernization program was implemented instead.

An egregious example is the replacement of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers with the new Arleigh Burke III destroyers. Why eliminate an existing capability only for a potential future capability ...

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) has set sail on its final deployment after more than 35 years of service. The Philippine Sea left Monday from Naval Station ...

Ticonderoga-class cruisers entered service in the 1980s with ... Remember, the reason Congress sought to modernize rather than replace these boats was due to an understandable belief that ...

The Navy planned to replace Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with the DDG(X) Next-Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer, but these won't be ready to enter the force ...

The US Navy wasted almost $2 billion on a failed effort to upgrade its cruisers, a watchdog report found. Four Ticonderoga-class vessels in the program were decommissioned before refits were completed ...

The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) was shipped out for the last time. The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser departed Naval Station Norfolk, headed to the U.S. Southern ...