Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
Vinson Strike Group Makes Historic Port Call in Vietnam Amid Growing Navy Ties, South China Sea Tensions
Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)’s historic port visit in Da Nang, Vietnam, this week is meant to continue building…
SOUTHCOM Tidd: China Making Aggressive Investments in South, Central America
Chinese businesses are exploring land development deals near the Panama Canal and offering their skills in building the region’s information…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 5, 2018
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as…
VIDEO: Marine F-35Bs Arrive on USS Wasp for First Pacific JSF Deployment
The Marines have sent their first operational squadron of F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters to sea for the aircraft’s…
Shipbuilders Worried About Navy Plan for 1 LCS in 2019 Ahead of Frigate Transition
The Navy’s plan to buy just one Littoral Combat Ship in Fiscal Year 2019 has the two LCS shipbuilders uneasy,…
Zukunft: Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker RFP to be Released Friday
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coast Guard plans to release its request for proposal for the service’s new heavy icebreaker on Friday,…
New Simulators Give Naval Aviators an Edge in Training for High-End Fight
NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, Nev. — The future of naval aviation is complex: aircraft are growing more technologically advanced, pilots…
Senate Bill Seeks to Slow Navy Enlisted Training Overhaul
The U.S. Senate is mulling legislation to put the brakes on the Navy’s new billion-dollar enlisted training overhaul.…
F-35 Price Dropping But Not Enough for the Pentagon
ARLINGTON, Va. — The F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter production is ramping-up, but the Pentagon’s official in charge of…
Votel: Russia Not Capable, Willing to Help End Syrian Civil War
Time and again, Russia has failed to deliver the regime of Bashar al-Assad on Moscow’s promises to facilitate an end…