Jay Stefany to Lead Navy’s New Maritime Industrial Base Program Office
The Navy is standing up a new maritime industrial base program office and has tapped one of its career civil servants to take the helm.…
Work: 2016 Budget Submission Reverses Five Year Defense Spending Decline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pentagon’s number two civilian said the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget submission will reverse a five…
U.S. 7th Fleet CO: Japanese Patrols of South China Sea ‘Makes Sense’
This post has been updated to include a quote from the Singapore’s minister for foreign affairs and law, K. Shanmugam.…
Kendall: U.S. Needs to Get Faster at Developing Revolutionary Weapon Systems
The Pentagon’s top acquisition official told Congress the U.S. defense complex is good at incremental evolutions in technology but has…
Marines Receive First F-35C
The U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of its first carrier variant of the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter…
Former U.S. Military Leaders Outline Extremist Threat
Former senior U.S. military leaders outlined the threat that violent Islamist extremists pose and put it into a larger global…
U.S. and India to Cooperate on Aircraft Carrier Technology
U.S. and India will create a working group to share aircraft carrier technology and design, according to an agreement signed…
Ukraine Arms Embargo Could Delay Delivery of Russian Frigates
The Ukrainian military equipment embargo to Russia could cause delays in the construction of the Russian Navy’s new class of…
Document: Report to Congress on Coast Guard Icebreaker Modernization
The following is the Jan. 9, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for…
Chinese Carrier-On-Land Facility Adds Destroyer
China has made several additions to its so-called carrier-on-land facility, including a mock-up of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN)…
USS Green Bay Ships Out for Japan
Amphibious warship USS Green Bay (LPD-20) left Naval Station San Diego, Calif. on Monday to join the U.S. Navy’s forward…