Report to Congress on Navy Medium Landing Ship
The following is the Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) (Previously Light Amphibious Warship [LAW]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress on July 23, 2024. …
NAVAIR: Final UCLASS Request for Proposal Due in July
Despite a Congressional push to stall the Navy’s next generation carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)…
Can China’s New Destroyer Find U.S. Stealth Fighters?
Can China’s new Type 052D Luyang III destroyers successfully see through the stealth of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II…
China Claims U.S. Is Encouraging ‘Dangerous and Provocative Actions’ in Oilrig Standoff
Chinese officials are claiming the U.S. is stoking international discord over a disputed drilling operation in an area of the…
Last U.S. Surface Ship Leaves the Black Sea
The frigate assigned to operations in the Black Sea as part of a U.S. show of support to allies in…
Opinion: Is There a Frigate in Your Future?
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s recent direction to the Navy to develop proposals for a “capable and lethal small surface…
Fire Breaks Out On Indian Frigate
Three were injured after a fire broke out aboard guided missile frigate INS Ganga undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in…
Two Koreas, Three Navies
The Korean War of 1950-1953 was concluded by a cease-fire, not a peace treaty, and the three powers—South Korea, North…
HASC Votes Unanimously to Keep George Washington Carrier, Preserves Air Force A-10
House defense lawmakers soundly rejected proposed Pentagon cuts to a number of big-ticket weapons programs in their version of the…
Document: Pentagon’s New Joint Concept for Entry Operations
From the April 7, 2014 Joint Concept for Entry Operations: The Joint Concept for Entry Operations describes in broad terms…
Hanoi: Chinese Ships Rammed Vietnamese Patrol Boats in Escalating Oilrig Dispute
Vietnamese officials accused Chinese ships of ramming patrol boats on May 3, near the $1 billion Chinese oil rig operating…