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Stefano Durso • The Aviationist

U.S. Navy Conducts New AARGM-ER Live-Fire Test

The new live-fire event demonstrated the ability of the AGM-88G AARGM-ER to navigate a challenging flight profile in a GPS-denied environment

01/29/26Read it on The Aviationist
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Defense

How Digital Twins Can Strengthen Naval Readiness Before a Crisis Begins

Carl Napoletano • RealClearDefense • November 10, 2026

We rightly regard the nuclear submarine as one of the most complex machines people have ever built. It operates in deep water for months at a time. It provides a self-sustaining habitat generating its own oxygen and water, navigating the depths without conventional GPS, while being quietly propelled by a nuclear power plant.

 

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Benjamin Johnson • Pensacola News Journal

Blue Angels Pilot Scott Laux Removed for Failing To Uphold Standards

Maj. Scott Laux, the opposing solo flying jet No. 6 and second-year member of the Blue Angels, was removed from the flight demonstration squadron and...

23h agoRead it on Pensacola News Journal
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CDR Salamander • CDR Salamander

Big Surface Combatants are so Hot Right Now

...all the cool kids are getting them......

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Bryan Clark • Hudson Institute

A U.S. Navy Fleet for 21st Century Deterrence and Combat

The United States Navy is contending with a new era of competition after more than 80 years as the world’s dominant maritime force....

2d agoRead it on Hudson Institute
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Heather Mongilio • USNI News

USS Stout Loses Power During Port Visit Due to ‘Engineering Casualty’

USS Stout (DDG-55) was in port in Augusta Bay, Italy, for a scheduled port visit on Oct. 25 when it experienced an engineering casualty, causing the...

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Diana Stancy • Breaking Defense

Navy Unfairly Evaluated Saildrone Musv Proposal, Court Finds

... the Navy must reevaluate Saildrone’s proposal within the next two months, and is barred from spending a large chunk of its MUSV budget until that...

4d agoRead it on Breaking Defense
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Naval News Staff • Naval News

HII and Thales Demonstrate UUV with End-to-End Autonomous MCM

Together, these technologies demonstrated a complete “Find, Fix, Finish” mission chain of mine countermeasure operations ......

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Mark Montgomery • Defense News

On American Destroyers, Avoid a Self-Inflicted Wound in Spain

Sometimes friends behave badly. When that happens, it is not smart to hurt yourself in retaliation for the friend’s bad behavior....

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Giulia Bernacchi • The Defense Post

GE Aerospace to Supply Engines for Two US Navy Flight III Destroyers

GE Aerospace has received orders for eight LM2500 marine gas turbines to power two future US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers...

5d agoRead it on The Defense Post
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Heather Mongilio • USNI News

First Flight II San Antonio-class Amphib Completes Builder’s Trials

The first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock completed builder’s sea trials over the weekend...

5d agoRead it on USNI News