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.…
Document: Report on FY 2014 U.S. Defense Budget
From the Dec. 16, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Defense: FY2014 Authorization and Appropriations. President Obama’s FY2014 base budget request…
Saab Beats Boeing in Brazilian Fighter Deal
Sweden’s Saab JAS-39E/F Gripen NG has defeated the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the French-designed Dassault Rafale to win Brazil’s…
U.K. MoD Releases First Images of Royal Navy’s New Boomers
The U.K. Ministry of Defense has published the first images of it’s next-generation nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) — Successor-class…
Document: Japan’s 2014 National Defense Program Guidelines
From the Dec. 17, 2013 provisional translation of the Japanese National Defense Program guidelines: While the probability of large-scale military…
Navy Will Renovate Shooting Site, Work to Complete by 2015
The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has decided to renovate and restore the site of the Sept. 16 Washington,…
More Littoral Combat Ship Oversight Unlikely to Affect 2015 Block Buy
Congress is asking for additional oversight of the Littoral Combat Ship program as part of the Fiscal Year 2014 defense…
Coast Guard Pushes Back Against Congressional Calls for Reductions
The chairman and ranking member of the key panel overseeing the Coast Guard repeatedly pressed the service’s vice commandant on…
Navy Nominates First African American Woman For Fourth Star
Vice Adm. Michelle Howard has been nominated to serve the second in command of the U.S. Navy, making her the…
New Defense Bill Could Force Navy To Revamp UCLASS Program
The U.S. Navy may be forced to revamp its acquisition strategy for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike…
Lockheed: New Carrier Hook for F-35
Lockheed Martin is set to deliver a production version of the tailhook for the carrier-based F-35C Joint Strike Fighter after…