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.…
Greenert: Forward Deployed Ships, F-35s USN’s Future
In a time of fiscal “reduced visibility” the Navy’s strategy remains “to be where it matters,” Chief of Naval Operations…
New LCS Sonar and Missile to be Competed Next Year
In the next year the Navy will begin competition for the follow on sonar and surface-to-surface missile system for the…
Jolly Roger Super Hornet Down in Arabian Sea
The Navy is reporting a F/A-18-F Super Hornet attached to the USS Dwight Eisenhower (CVN-69) carrier strike group went down…
Carrier Critics
Why does the United States maintain a fleet of aircraft carriers? The answer to that question could appear self-evident. Or,…
Making Sense of Massive China-Russia Arms Deal
Numerous reports have appeared in the media of late regarding a deal whereby Russia would export 24 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker…
Greenert Wants Sailors Thinking About Invisible Threats
Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, is pushing for the Navy to pay more attention to threats in the…
50 Years Later: The Legacy of USS Thresher
A child’s drawing of a lost submarine rests behind Plexiglas in a back corner of the National Museum of the…
After Thresher: How the Navy made Subs Safer
Eight years ago, USS San Francisco (SSN-711) ran full speed into a mountain more than 500 feet below the ocean’s…
USS Thresher in Photos
Photos of USS Thresher.…
Pentagon: Mega Radar Not Tied to North Korea Threat
The recent deployment of SBX-1, the oil derrick-sized missile radar system, is not tied to the rising tensions in North…