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USS Gerald R. Ford Now Operating in Middle East
Ford, along with the destroyer USS Bainbridge, transited the Suez Canal on Thursday
03/07/26Read it on Stars and StripesBlue 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...
3h agoRead it on Pensacola News JournalBig Surface Combatants are so Hot Right Now
...all the cool kids are getting them......
2d agoRead it on CDR SalamanderA 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 InstituteUSS 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...
3d agoRead it on USNI NewsNavy 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 DefenseHII 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 ......
4d agoRead it on Naval NewsOn 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....
5d agoRead it on Defense NewsGE 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 PostFirst 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 NewsU.S. Navy Expands Unmanned Mine Hunting
The U.S. Navy is expanding its unmanned mine countermeasures capabilities...
6d agoRead it on Global Defense News
Counterterrorism and the Growing Convergence in Homeland Security and Homeland Defense
By Austin Doctor • RealClearDefense
The Future of Space Power Depends on Integration
By Damian DiPippa • RealClearDefense
America Should Unleash Cyber Privateers
By Jacob Schelp • RealClearDefense
America Invented the Battery, but China Controls the Factory
By William Crane • RealClearDefense
A Defense Win for Americans and Israelis in Arkansas
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Key Space Force Satellites Can’t Talk to Each Other
By T. Hitchens, Breaking Defense
Blue Angels Pilot Scott Laux Removed for Failing To Uphold Standards
By Johnson, PNJ
The Future of the Ground Reconnaissance Enterprise
By Joe Albano, The Connecting File
The Future of the ARG/MEU
By William Yale, Proceedings
Big Surface Combatants are so Hot Right Now
By CDR Salamander
