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. …
Lockheed Martin: 9-Country Missile Defense Demonstration to Inform Future Aegis Upgrades
This post has been updated to reflect additional information regarding the roles of each ship during the live fire exercise.…
Document: Japan’s 2016 Defense Budget Request
The following is an overview of Japan’s Fiscal Year 2016 defense budget request.…
Video: Nine Country Naval Exercise Successfully Shoots Down Ballistic, Cruise Missile Targets off Scotland
This post has been updated to include additional information from the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Navy and…
Saudi Arabia Set to Buy Four Lockheed Martin Freedom-Class Variants in $11.25B Deal
Four Lockheed Martin Freedom-class ship variants are set to form the backbone of the Royal Saudi Navy’s Eastern Fleet as…
Document: Notification to Congress on Proposed Foreign Military Sale of Four Lockheed Martin Freedom Class Ships to Saudi Arabia
The following is an Oct. 20, 2015 Defense Security Cooperation Agency notification to Congress on a $11.25 billion, four ship sale…
Essay: Strategies That Matter – Why Targets That Matter, Don’t
In 1954, U.S. Representative W. Sterling Cole, chairman of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee, announced what had been suspected: that…
Shinzo Abe First Sitting Japanese Prime Minister to Visit U.S. Aircraft Carrier
Shinzo Abe became the first sitting Japanese prime minister to visit a U.S. aircraft carrier when his helicopter landed onboard…
Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ship Milwaukee Delivers to Navy
The Navy has accepted the third Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship Milwaukee (LCS-5) in a Friday ceremony, the service announced.…
Washington Navy Yard Says Goodbye to Display Ship Barry
More than 50 former crew members, along with their families and local residents, gathered at Washington Navy Yard on Oct.…
Document: Joint High Speed Vessel Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation Report
The following is a Sept. 22, 2015 memo and report on follow-on operational test and evaluation for the Joint High Speed Vessel,…