Report to Congress on MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Aircraft
The following is the April 17, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, MQ-25 Stingray: Background and Issues for Congress.…
Pacific Fleet’s Haney Nominated for Top STRATCOM Job
Adm. Cecil Haney has been nominated to take the top job at U.S. Strategic Command, according to a Monday release…
Women Could Serve in Navy Riverine Units by October, SEALs by 2016
The Navy will issue a report to the Pentagon by July on the service’s plan to allow women to serve…
The Future of the Marine Corps
After ten years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Marine Corps is retooling and repositioning itself back into…
Hagel: Sequestration Could Scuttle Tenth Burke
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told a Senate panel on Tuesday the ongoing specter of sequestration could prevent the U.S.…
Opinion: Sequestration is Here
The dirty word spreading across the U.S. Navy and the larger defense establishment this year is “sequestration.” It was never…
Senate Panel Rejects New BRAC Round
The Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee has voted to deny the Pentagon’s request to start a new Base Realignment and…
LCS Program Faces Additional Scrutiny from Congress
At least one Congress member is expected to try and slow development of the Littoral Combat Ship program during debate…
NAVSEA on Flight III Arleigh Burkes
The Navy is confident it has enough space, power and cooling onboard the hull of its planned new line of…
Congress Questions Chinese Involvement in Upcoming U.S. Led Exercise
Members of Congress are calling for increased scrutiny on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy as part of the Fiscal…
Document: Coast Guard Icebreaker Update
The following is from the May, 24 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization. The Coast Guard’s…