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355-Ship Fleet Will Take Decades, Billions to Build
WASHINGTON: The Navy's new Force Structure Assessment calling for a 355-ship fleet puts an important intellectual arrow in Donald Trump's quiver as...
12/17/16Read it on Breaking DefenseU.S. Navy Expands Unmanned Mine Hunting
The U.S. Navy is expanding its unmanned mine countermeasures capabilities...
35mins agoRead it on Global Defense NewsHow the Iran War Compounded the U.S. Navy’s Maintenance Crisis
According to former Naval Commander Bryan Clark, maintenance times for Navy combat ships involved in the Iran War could double because of long,...
1d agoRead it on The National InterestBAE’s New Launcher Lets Warships Deploy and Replenish Missiles at Sea
BAE Systems has completed the first live-fire test of a new deck-mounted missile launcher designed to give U.S. Navy ships another way to deploy and...
1d agoRead it on NextGenDefenseWhy Is the Navy Spending $19 Billion on ‘Flying Gas Stations’?
The military flies ever closer to getting a carrier-based drone to refuel its carrier-based warplanes...
1d agoRead it on Responsible StatecraftWhen Your Navy is too Small, the Bill Comes Due Bigly
...there is always a hangover after the party......
3d agoRead it on CDR SalamanderLong Deployments to Be Navy Standard For Next Couple Years
It will take a couple years before deployment lengths shift from the extended 10-11 months back to the normal seven...
4d agoRead it on USNI NewsOld & Busted: Loyal Wingman - New Hotness: Loyal Escort
...a moral response to an immoral fleet design......
6d agoRead it on CDR SalamanderTwo U.S. Navy Carriers Ready to Operate New MQ-25A Tankers
The U.S. Navy now has two aircraft carriers equipped with the command infrastructure needed to operate its future MQ-25A Stingray tanker drone, after...
6d agoRead it on Global Defense NewsU.S. Navy’s CHAOS Program
CoAspire’s CHAOS weapon is a ground-launched version of its Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile-Extended Range, or RAACM-ER,...
6d agoRead it on Defence BlogU.S. Navy To Install AI Vessel Detection System on Five Destroyers
Applied Intuition has received a US Navy contract to install an AI system that helps sailors detect and track nearby vessels, starting with five...
6d agoRead it on The Defense Post
Eight Months of Epic Fury and Still No Internal Alternative
By Stephen D. Cook • RealClearDefense
The Readiness Cliff: Pacific Lessons Drawn from the Middle East
By Brian McSorley • RealClearDefense
The Pentagon’s Real Modernization Problem Is Time, Not Technology
By Bruce Allen Lubbering • RealClearDefense
The World His Mother Opened
By Carlo J.V. Caro • RealClearDefense_underway_on_5_January_1945_(80-G-301306)-500x500.jpg&w=128&q=75&dpl=dpl_C4FJVW9BoJd2JQaEQoTpWZiVd2Fp)
Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy Expands Unmanned Mine Hunting
By Global Defense News
MRF-SEA Will Maintain Continuous Presence in the Philippines
By Mahadzir, USNI News
Space Force Weighs Proliferated Cislunar Satellite Constellation
By C. Albon, A&SF
America-Class Amphibs Enable New Ship-to-Shore Attack Strategies
By Warrior M.