Navy

The Senate will vote Wednesday on Sen. Mark Udall’s (D-Colo.) plan to ensure that the Defense Department may purchase biofuels.

Udall’s amendment to defense policy legislaton would strike provisions that bar the military from buying alternative fuels that cost more than petroleum.

Udall said the military historically has boosted energy sectors with investment. He said that developing the domestic biofuels industry would also improve national security and mitigate energy-related price shocks by reducing dependence on foreign oil.

“We have always spent money on energy development. It has made us safer,” Udall said in a Wednesday floor speech.

In a letter submitted to the United Nations, Iran says Navy drones entered Iranian airspace.  

The emails reveal that only senior members of the USS Carl Vinson's officer crew witnessed the burial.

Navy leaders are putting the piece in place to expand its missions in the Mideast and Asia-Pacific to counter potential threats in those regions, according to new guidance by issued by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert. 

Republicans believe the comments during the final debate could become a political liability for the president.

The vice presidential candidate had a ready retort for Obama’s “horses and bayonets” zinger from Monday's debate.

The Pentagon is investigating a collision that occurred this weekend between a Navy submarine and Aegis cruiser.

Both ships were able to return to port under their own power on Sunday, and there were no injuries in the incident, U.S. Fleet Forces Command said in a release.

The crash occurred at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, when the Los Angeles-class USS Montpelier submarine and USS San Jacinto, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, collided during a training exercise.

No injures are reported after a Navy submarine and Aegis cruiser collided Saturday during training operations off the East Coast.

The mother of the former Navy officer killed in Libya complained that Romney was politicizing her son's death.

Talks are under way between senior Navy officials and their counterparts in Cairo to begin conducting joint war games for the first time since Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi took power earlier this year.