Austal USA Breaks Ground on New Steel Assembly Facility
Austal USA broke ground on its planned final steel assembly facility Tuesday, the company announced in a statement.…
Keel Laid For Amphibious Warship Tripoli
The keel for the next-generation amphibious warship Tripoli (LHA-7) was laid in a ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss.…
Document: U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan
The following is the Congressional Research Service June 13, 2014 report, Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990.…
Russian Navy Accepts First in New Class of Nuclear Attack Submarine
Russian television has reported that the Russian Federation Navy has accepted its first Project 855 Yasen-class nuclear-powered attack submarine into…
Iraq and Afghanistan Dominate Senate Budget Hearing
With aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and its battle group and amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19)…
China Reacts to Japanese Anti-Ship Missile Positioning
China is set to take “firm and effective actions,” in response to a planned move of anti-ship missiles by Japanese…
Document: GAO Report on Coast Guard Acquisition
The following is a Government Accountability Office report on U.S. Coast Guard acquisitions released on June 18, 2014. …
Document: Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea
The following is the April, 2014 version of the multi-national Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES) signed by 21…
Greenert: Don’t ‘Unnecessarily Antagonize’ China
NEWPORT, R.I. — Open discussion of how U.S. forces could deter Chinese ships and aircraft could unnecessarily antagonize one of…
Sikorsky and Boeing Team Submit New Army Helicopter Design
A joint Sikorsky-Boeing team has submitted their initial design for a new high-speed compound helicopter called the SB-1 Defiant to…
Opinion: U.S. Air Power Won’t Defeat ISIS
As Iraq and Syria Islamic State (ISIS) insurgent forces advance on Baghdad, some American political leaders, led by Sen. John…