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Russia and America do things differently. The U.S. Navy is currently building just one type of submarine, the general-purpose Virginia Class.... Read More
The new presidential helicopter would still scorch the White House lawn as the U.S. Navy and contractor Lockheed Martin haven't figured out a... Read More
No protests have been filed over the Navy's decision to award Fincantieri a detail design and construction contract for the FFG(X) program,... Read More
USSOCOM PEO Maritime Boats Upgrading from a Legacy FLIR to CCFLIR2 really is a “Big Deal.”At Virtual SOFIC 2020 in mid-May,... Read More
As the country is gripped by civil unrest over racial injustice and the death of George Floyd, the U.S. Senate has been poised to confirm the... Read More
A new electronic tracking scope designed to give soldiers first round hit accuracy has been spotted in the hands of U.S. Army troops. The... Read More
Current USAF Aggressor airframes lack the capability to effectively replicate the operational advanced fighter weapon systems fielded by... Read More
Naval theorist Milan Vego opens a chapter on chokepoint control with a quote from British Admiral Sir John Fisher, who stated that there are... Read More
The US Air Force has formally launched its search for an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to replace the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9... Read More
Access to the local, dual-use infrastructure the United States enjoys today is the result of years of sustained investment of all elements of... Read More
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said in the past that he had a "duty of silence" to the administration following his service. On... Read More
Chinese troops in Tibet held an infiltration exercise to test their combat readiness at night in a high altitude area, amid border tensions... Read More
After days of civil unrest and several Esper missteps, each one of the service branch chiefs has begun to speak out. Read More
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Bottom Line: After decades of increased...
Bottom Line: Since 9/11, the United States...
The Department of Defense will lift the stop-movement order it issued earlier this spring in stages rather than keeping it in place through... Read More
Recently unlocked phones show the man who killed three people at a Florida naval base had likely been in contact with al-Qaeda. Read More
U.S. Space Command for the next six years will remain at its provisional headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Read More
An F-22 Raptor crashed Friday morning during a routine training flight near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.The F-22, assigned to the 325... Read More
The failed siege of Tripoli is an opening for peace, but only if the outside players end their proxy war.The long-running Libyan civil war... Read More
Professor Heather Venable joined me to discuss her new book, How the Few Became the Proud: Crafting the Marine Corps Mystique, 1874-1918. It... Read More
China's naval modernization effort encompasses a wide array of platform and weapon acquisition programs, including anti-ship ballistic... Read More
Despite recent challenges and setbacks, most importantly the COVID-19 outbreak and response, the United States still enjoys many advantages,... Read More
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This coming Friday, June 5, marks the anniversary of the day in 1946 when the Air Force announced that Boeing BA had won the competition to... Read More
In a strategic setback for China, the Philippines government reversed itself Tuesday and said it would maintain a longstanding military pact... Read More
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Backed by military contractors, Russia deployed military fighter jets to Al Jufra Airfield in Libya, prompting the U.S. Army to consider... Read More
Limits on U.S. visibility come as the Pentagon considers pulling out of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula altogether.The United States lacks visibility... Read More
A recently released United Nations report, in the course of providing an annual update from the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring... Read More
VADM Tom Moore has listed “cyber” as a top priority for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) since assuming command four years ago, but despite the emphasis, the organization hadn't found a way to define and pursue cyber and digital issues in any kind of unified way.Even after nudging from former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson to get after digital transformation, Moore found that Read More
In its new “Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China,” the White House directly addresses the threat posed by Chinese media entities operating in the United States, along with other, less visible agents of Beijing’s influence. By recognizing that China, like Russia, seeks to intervene in U.S. domestic affairs, the White House is laying the foundation for comprehensive efforts t Read More
Over the weekend, it was revealed that the Russian military had deployed fighter jets to Al Jufra Airfield in Libya. The nation is currently embroiled in a civil war that sees U.N. backed forces squaring off with Russian mercenaries in a Cold War-esque competition. Images soon hit social media of the fourth-generation (non-stealth) fighters arriving in Libya, along with reports from the United St Read More
