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Hung Cao Named Acting Navy Secretary

Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao, a Navy veteran and former CACI executive, has been named acting secretary following the departure of John Phelan.

Northrop Grumman teases first look at next-gen Navy fighter

Although Boeing manufactures the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the aircraft was acquired when the company merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Otherwise, you have to reach all the way back to interwar, propeller-driven biplanes like the FB-5 Hawk and the F4B (that was it; it didn’t have a name) to find a Boeing fighter in the fleet.

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao called Monterey a 'really dark place' with 'a lot of witchcraft'

The Navy secretary resigned yesterday, with Undersecretary Hung Cao, a Navy combat veteran and Senate candidate, stepping in as acting secretary amid Pentagon shifts.

More photos emerge of meals on Navy ships as Pentagon denies shortages

"My immediate reaction was shock. Food service and mail are essential to combat support," said the CEO of a nonprofit.

Pete Hegseth ‘butted heads’ with Navy secretary over shipbuilding and push to ignore judge’s orders before firing: reports

John Phelan repeatedly clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth before he was fired as Navy secretary — including over whether to comply with a federal judge’s order, according to a new report.