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. …
Chinese Carrier Completes Training Mission
China’s first modern aircraft carrier has returned to port after more than a month at sea on a training mission,…
Document: Pentagon’s Unmanned Systems Roadmap
The following is from the Department of Defense’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2038. Unmanned systems continue…
Navy: Six Months of Repairs to Drone-Struck Ship Will Cost $30 million
The U.S. Navy ship that was struck by an errant target drone will need an estimated six-months of repairs costing…
Top Stories 2013: U.S. Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Top Stories 2013: Foreign Developments
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Inside Japan’s New Defense Plan
This week Japan approved its latest five-year defense plan. The Mid Term Defense Plan (MTDP) defines Japan’s defense policy and…
Document: Government Accountability Office Report on Defense Department Move to Guam
From the Dec. 17, 2013 Government Accountability Office report: Further Analysis Needed to Identify Guam’s Public Infrastructure Requirements and Costs…
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…
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…