China Criticizes U.S. P-8A Surveillance Flight Through Taiwan Strait
China criticized a U.S. Navy surveillance flight through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday.…
Thornberry: Budget Control Act Limits on Defense Spending Could End Soon
ARLINGTON, Va. — Expect Congress to consider reversing the nearly five-year policy of limiting Department of Defense spending, and either…
Panel: North Korean Provocations Should Prompt Japan, U.S. and South Korea to Consider New Deterrence Options
North Korea’s recent provocations are prompting Washington, Tokyo and Seoul to rethink how to deter Pyongyang’s nuclear power ambition with…
Navy: USS Kearsarge, USS Oak Hill Positioned to Respond to Both Hurricane Irma and Harvey Relief Operations
Amphibious warships USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) are positioned to support hurricane relief efforts, if civilian authorities make a request for assistance.…
Report to Congress on Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier Program
The following is the Aug 9, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and…
NAVAIR Awards Sikorsky $304M For First 2 CH-53K Heavy-Lift Helos
This post has been updated to include a statement by Sikorsky and the NAVAIR program office. Naval Air Systems Command awarded…
Marine F-35s, Air Force Bombers Sortie with South Korea, Japan in Show of Force After North Korea Missile Tests
Marine, South Korean and Japanese fighters and two Air Force bombers conducted a show of force operation over Japan and…
VIDEO: Navy, Missile Defense Agency Succeed During SM-6 Ballistic Missile Defense Test
Two missiles launched from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) bullseyed a complex medium-range ballistic missile target in…
VIDEO: U.S. Navy Helicopters Conduct Search and Rescue Operations Following Hurricane Harvey
The following is an Aug. 29, 2017 U.S. Navy video of sailors assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7,…
Navy Prepping USS Kearsarge, USS Oak Hill for Post Hurricane Harvey Humanitarian Mission
The Navy is preparing USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) to assist ongoing recovery efforts in the Texas…
Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer’s Dept. of the Navy Vision Statement
The following is the Aug. 29, 2017 memo from Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, Department of the Navy…