2024 Australian National Defense Strategy
The following is the 2024 Australian National Defense Strategy released this week.…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 14, 2018
The USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker is sponsored by CNA. These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier…
Ambassador: China Will Protect Its Interests Economically, Politically and Militarily if Needed
As tensions with the West continue to rise, Beijing will continue to defend its interests economically, diplomatically and militarily if…
Pentagon Research Chief Nominee: China, Russia Racing to Develop Next Generation Weapon Technology
The nominee for the Pentagon’s first research and engineering chief warned a Senate panel that China and Russia risk outpacing…
USS Fitzgerald Combat Team Unaware of Approaching Merchant Ship Until Seconds Before Fatal Collision
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The sailors who were manning the combat nerve center of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) did not know…
Document: Dept. of Navy Rapid Acquisition Guidance
The following is the April 24, 2018 memo, MIddle Tier Acquisition and Aquisition Guidance.…
U.K. Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Set for U.S. Visit, F-35B Trials
LONDON – Earlier this month, Britain’s national security adviser declared that the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers would be unlikely…
Former USS Fitzgerald Officer Pleads Guilty to Negligence Charge for Role in Collision
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Lt. j.g. Sarah B. Coppock was contrite and quiet when she pleaded guilty on a single…
HASC’s 2019 Bill Boosts Navy Spending, With Focus on Readiness and Pacific Operations
The House Armed Services Committee’s Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act today focuses on building readiness – especially in…
U.S., North Korea Watchers Say to Set Reasonable Expectations for Trump – Kim Jong Un Summit
A key U.S. senator and a top-level adviser to the Seoul government warned not to set high expectations on Pyongyang…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 7, 2018
The USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker is sponsored by CNA. These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier…