Coast Guard Suffers Data Breach, Pay Delayed for 1,135 Members
The Coast Guard’s personnel and payroll system experienced a data breach resulting in a delay in pay for 1,135 service members, the service told USNI News Friday.…
U.K. Royal Navy Wants to Bullseye Rogue Missiles with U.S. Help
The United Kingdom is looking to get its latest destroyer into the ballistic missile defense (BMD) game, U.K. Ministry of…
Sequestration Sidelines Six Surface Ships
The U.S. Navy has identified six deferred ship deployments due to budget cuts due to sequestration and the ongoing Fiscal…
Adm. Bill Gortney’s Budget Cut Message to Fleet
The following is a March, 6 message from Adm. Bill Gortney, commander U.S. Fleet Forces, to the Fleet on implementation…
House Passes Pentagon Spending Bill
The House passed a full Fiscal Year 2013 spending bill allowing the military more flexibility in programming sequestration cuts on…
Navy Defends Monday’s LCS Contract Award
The U.S. Navy’s chief shipbuilder is defending Monday’s $1.4 billion awards for the next four Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) in…
Lockheed Successfully Defends Aegis Contract
Lockheed Martin beat Boeing and Raytheon to win a $100.7 million contract to for five years worth of upgrades to…
Budget Cuts Could Pull Navy Out of The War on Drugs
U.S. Navy frigates will stop patrolling for drug runners by April because of forced sequestration budget cuts, a Navy spokesman…
China’s New Frigate by the Numbers
The first 056 class No. 582 was officially handed over to PLAN on Feb. 25 as Wu Shengli, Commander of…
Secretary Ray Mabus’ Sequestration Message
DTG 022300Z Mar 13 FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV INFO SECNAV WASHINGTON DC CMC WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC…
Bizarre Borneo Standoff Ends in Bloodshed
A dramatic three-week standoff on the island of Borneo claimed its first lives Friday, as Malaysian security forces exchanged gunfire—possibly…