Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
Overview of South China Sea Disputes and U.S. Policy
The following is the Feb. 2, 2021, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, South China Sea Disputes: Background and U.S.…
Kathleen Hicks: Current Navy Shipbuilding Plan Needs ‘Future Analysis’
The nominee for the number-two civilian job in the Pentagon told a Senate panel on Tuesday the Navy’s proposed long-term…
Berger: Marines Need to Trust Unmanned, AI Tools for Future Warfare
The commandant of the Marine Corps said the service needs to make some big changes in a few short years…
Navy Questioning How to Sustain Fleet in High-End Fight, Says Analyst
The Navy is asking itself how the service can sustain the fleet in high-end conflict when it no longer has…
Report on U.S.-China Competition in East, South China Sea
The following is the Jan. 28, 2021 Congressional Research Service report U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas:…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 25, 2021
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
SEAL Sentenced to 10 Years in Death of Green Beret Logan Melgar
The SEAL who pleaded guilty this month to manslaughter in the 2017 death of Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar…
Lloyd Austin’s First Message to the Pentagon
The following is the Jan. 22, 2021 message from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to the Department of Defense.…
Senate Confirms Lloyd Austin as Biden’s SECDEF
The Senate on Friday voted to confirm retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense.…
Ingalls Eyeing LPD Cost Reductions, Capability Increases As Future Fleet Design Evolves
As the Navy looks to smaller and cheaper manned and unmanned ships to fill out its future fleet, a larger…