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.…
Navy’s 2018 Budget Addresses Readiness Through Maintenance, Spares, Infrastructure Improvements
This post has been updated to include information from the Pentagon and Navy’s press briefings on the Fiscal Year 2018 budget.…
Destroyer USS Oscar Austin Leaves Black Sea
The guided missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) left the Black Sea on Sunday after more than two weeks of…
Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Set to Answer Lingering Navy Acquisition Questions
Since the last Pentagon budget request 15 months ago there’s been a presidential election, a seven-month continuing resolution, a supplemental…
Document: Report to Congress on Defense Multi-Year Procurements and Block Buys
The following is the May 12, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense…
HASC Chair Thornberry Introduces Latest Defense Acquisition Reform Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Armed Services Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) unveiled his latest attempt to modernize the defense acquisition…
Defense Minister: Japan Considering Purchasing Aegis Ashore Following North Korean ICBM Test
THE PENTAGON — Japan is giving further consideration to acquiring the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system following the Sunday…
Video: North Korean Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test
A Sunday North Korean missile test shows Pyongyang may be further along in developing a missile capable of hitting U.S.…
Video: Cruiser USS Lake Erie Launches Missile in Exercise
The following is video of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) during a missile exercise on May 9,…
Australia Set to Have First All 5th Generation Air Force by 2025
Australia aims to be the first all fifth generation air force, integrating the network capabilities of the Lockheed Martin F-35…
Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Rudder Named Next Deputy Commandant for Aviation
This post has been updated to include additional information. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Steven Rudder has been nominated to serve…