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. …
Report: Shots Fired in Libya Oil Blockade
Libyan naval and coast guard forces have begun patrolling three eastern oil terminals to prevent illegal sales of Libyan oil…
LCS Mission Packages: The Basics
The beating heart of both variants of the littoral combat ship (LCS) is the series of three mission packages the…
Navy Divers Recover Downed F-16 Wreckage
Navy salvage divers have recovered the flight data recorder and pieces of an Air Guard F-16C that crashed Aug. 1…
Aussie Minehunter Finds Lost U.S. Bombs
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has found four pieces of ordnance dropped by two U.S. AV-8B Harrier, according to a…
NASA and Navy Test Capsule Recovery Plan
The Navy and NASA conducted tests this week in Norfolk, Va. to prove that a San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious warship…
HII Launches Fourth National Security Cutter
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) launched the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL-753), the fourth in a class of eight planned Legend-class…
AUVSI 2013: UCLASS Requirements Modified Due to Budget Pressure
The reduction in strike capability of the Navy’s next generation carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle was born of fiscal realities, said…
Opinion: U.S. Coast Guard needs a Reinvention
Today, America’s Coast Guard is in drastic need of reinvention. For generations, the service has struggled to field adequate manpower…
Japanese ‘Helicopter Destroyer’ Stirs Regional Tensions
On Aug. 9, the Japanese Ministry of Defense held a naming ceremony for the Izumo, the latest ship to join…
Inside Aegis Ashore
From the outside, the so-called deckhouse of the Aegis Ashore anti-missile system looks nothing like its seagoing counterpart installed on…