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The Shipbuilding Fix Washington Keeps Missing
Hanwha Ocean is building warships in South Korea with integrated digital models, robotic inspection, and real-time production data feeding directly...
07/17/26Read it on RealClearDefense
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
The Pentagon should be given a lot of credit for moving quickly to address the drone threat to our homeland. Alongside a slew of other directives, Secretary Hegseth last week released a memo telling the officials who approve counter-drone systems to “treat delay as risk.”
The approval process was a real problem. In January, an Inspector General report found that many bases, including Luke Air Force Base, at which nearly 75% of the world’s F-35 pilots are trained, lacked authorities to use C-UAS capabilities. And as B-52 bomber crews were prosecuting Operation Epic Fury from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, security forces at that base watched as waves of jamming-resistant drones were flying overhead.
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
An F-35C Lightning II made an arrested landing on the PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), marking the first time an F-35C has landed on a Ford-class...
11h agoRead it on The AviationistNavy Completes First F-35C Landing on Ford-Class Carrier
U.S. Navy Seeks Information on SSN(X) Next Gen Submarine
SSN(X)'s potential improvements possibly include a higher transit speed reducing the time it takes to arrive on station, integration with multiple...
2d agoRead it on Naval NewsMystery of the Unknown Sailor Who Inspired Trump to Shake Up the Navy
A chance encounter pushed the president to revamp the carrier fleet—and sent Pentagon officials on a hunt for the elusive 'Bill Jones'
2d agoRead it on The Wall Street JournalSuper Hornet Weapons Computer Can No Longer Be Supported
The U.S. Navy plans to have Boeing redesign parts of the computer that controls weapons and external stores on its F/A-18 and EA-18G fleet, after...
3d agoRead it on Defence BlogSuper Hornet Weapons Computer Can No Longer Be Supported
The U.S. Navy plans to have Boeing redesign parts of the computer that controls weapons and external stores on its F/A-18 and EA-18G fleet, after...
5d agoRead it on Defence BlogMaking Sparrows Point Great Again
...more shipyards are better than fewer...
5d agoRead it on CDR SalamanderUSS Abraham Lincoln Comes Home Covered in Kill Marks
The drone and ship kill marks visualize the role the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group played in the fight with Iran
6d agoRead it on The WarZoneU.S. Navy Awards $743M for SLCM-N Nuclear Cruise Missile
These contracts task major defense contractors with designing and testing missile flight-integration systems and launch canisters compatible with...
6d agoRead it on Global Defense News
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZoneWho Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist