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. …
Pentagon Will Spend $1B on First Round of Replicator Drones
THE PENTAGON – The Defense Department’s early effort to build a fleet of small, unmanned craft designed to stymie a…
FY 2025 Budget: Navy to Plans Shrink Sailor End Strength
Despite efforts to increase the number of potential sailors, the Navy is expecting to go into Fiscal Year 2025 with…
New Navy Budget Seeks 6 Battle Force Ships, Decommissions 19 Hulls in FY 2025
This post has been updated with additional details from the budget materials. THE PENTAGON – The Navy wants to buy…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 11, 2024
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
North Korea Holds Large Scale Artillery Drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw large-scale firing drills on Thursday and called on his forces to further prepare…
Pentagon Budget Panel Outlines Options for Acquisition Reform
Throw out the budget-making process that has been in place in the Pentagon since the Kennedy administration for a “defense…
Questions Remain as Navy and Marine Corps Prepare to Return V-22s to the Air
After more than three months probing the fatal V-22 Osprey crash that killed eight airmen off the coast of Japan,…
SECNAV Del Toro Tells U.S. Shipyards ‘Invest More’, Encourages Foreign Investment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fresh off a Western Pacific tour of South Korean and Japanese shipyards, Secretary of the Navy Carlos…
Iran Has Put Middle East Into ‘Convergence of Crises,’ CENTCOM Commander Tells Senate
Iran has thrown the Middle East into “a convergence of crises” with its military support of Hamas in Gaza and…
Indian Navy Stands Up First MH-60R Anti-Submarine Helo Squadron
The Indian Navy activated its first MH-60R Sea Hawk squadron on Wednesday at INS Garuda in Kochi, marking an expansion…