Japan Announces 7-Month, Dual Big Deck Deployment, USS Carl Vinson Heading to RIMPAC
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will dispatch both its Izumo-class big decks on their largest deployment to date, officials said on Tuesday.…
Reagan Carrier Strike Group Wraps Up Latest Patrol, USS Nimitz in the Western Pacific
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is now operating in U.S. 7th Fleet as the Japan-based aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan…
F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Crashes in Texas, Pilot Safely Ejects
An F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter crashed on the runaway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort…
SECNAV Del Toro: Navy Needs to ‘Be Realistic’ in Pursuit of Next Destroyer, Sub, Fighter
The technologies developed for the Navy’s next destroyer, submarine and fighter must be mature and cost-effective before the new platforms…
Sailors Recover Orion Spacecraft After Million-Mile Swing Around the Moon
The post has been updated with a statement from NASA. A team of sailors aboard USS Portland (LPD-27) recovered an…
Report to Congress on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Engine
The following is the Dec. 2, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Engine Options.…
Compromise $857B Defense Policy Bill Authorizes 11 Battle Force Ships, $25M for Nuclear Cruise Missile Research
The compromise Fiscal Year 2023 defense policy bill released late Tuesday night authorizes a $32.6 billion shipbuilding budget for the…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 5, 2022
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Japanese, Korean Fighters Scrambled in Response to Joint Russia-China Bomber Patrol
Four Russian Tu-95MS bombers and two Chinese H-6 bombers conducted a joint patrol over the Sea of Japan Wednesday, prompting…
Pentagon: Chinese Navy to Expand to 400 Ships by 2025, Growth Focused on Surface Combatants
China is building more modern surface combatants and expanding its aircraft carrier and logistics force to grow its naval influence…
2022 Pentagon Report on Chinese Military Development
The following is the Nov. 29, 2022, Pentagon’s report to Congress, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of…