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.…
Officials: ‘Illegal’ Chinese Oilrig is in Vietnamese Waters
Vietnamese officals are calling the presence of an offshore Chinese oilrig off the coast of Vietnam “illegal and invalid,” fueling…
Navy Training Aircraft Crashes in Gulf of Mexico
A previous version of the post indicated the instructor and pilot had “ejected” from the T-34C Turbomentor that crashed in…
Document: Congressional Report on Joint Strike Fighter Program
The following is the April 29, 2014 Congressional Research Service report on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)…
Senate Confirms Bob Work As Deputy Secretary of Defense
Bob Work has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new Deputy Secretary of Defense, according to a late…
Navy Asks Industry for Input for Follow-on to Littoral Combat Ship
The Navy is calling on industry to arm the task force working the follow-on design to the current version of…
Navy Pulls P-8s and Cargo Ship From Search for Missing Malaysian Airliner
The U.S. Navy is reassigning two P-8 Poseidon surveillance planes and a Military Sealift Command (MSC) cargo ship from the…
HASC Seapower Mark Preserves George Washington Carrier Refueling
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will withhold money from the Pentagon unless the Secretary of Defense obligates funding to…
New Defense Agreement Between The Philippines and U.S. : The Basics
Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg signed a historic accord on Monday and signaled a return…
House Committee Seeks to Stall UCLASS Program Pending New Pentagon Unmanned Aviation Study
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) seeks to put on hold the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and…
Document: House Seapower and Projection Forces Mark on the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Budget
The following is the mark of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces committee’s mark on the Fiscal Year…