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. …
SNA 2014: Heat From F-35, MV-22 Continue to Plague Big Deck Amphibs
The Navy is continuing to wrestle with landing deck issues aboard its amphibious ships, tied to flight operations with the…
SNA 2014: U.S. Intelligence Community Could Be Considering LCS for Future Operations
U.S. intelligence officials have made informal inquiries to the Navy on whether the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) could be part…
Document: Sexual Harassment and Violence at U.S. Service Academies
From the Pentagon report: Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies Academic Program Year 2012-2013,…
Document: Congressigonal Budget Office Approaches to Cutting Defense Spending
The following are slides from a Jan. 7, 2014 briefing from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Approaches to Reducing Federal…
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…
Opinion: Don’t Short Change the U.S. Marines
As we continue to plunge headlong into shortsighted military unpreparedness driven by a strong case of strategic blindness, fiscal uncertainty…
Navy: F-35C Will Be Eyes and Ears of the Fleet
The Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be the eyes and ears of the fleet inside highly contested…
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…
SECDEF Hagel: Budget Deal ‘Step in the Right Direction’ But ‘Tough Decisions’ on Horizon
The last minute budget deal reached by the House and the Senate restores readiness shortfalls for the Pentagon and provides…
Document: Report on FY 2014 U.S. Defense Budget
From the Dec. 16, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Defense: FY2014 Authorization and Appropriations. President Obama’s FY2014 base budget request…