NAWCAD Brings Hyper-Realistic Flight Test and Training Simulators to Navy, Air Force
A pilot sits in an F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter cockpit, scanning for cruise missiles fired by an adversary.…
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,…
DOT&E: JHSV Effective At Intra-Theater Transport But Challenged In Other Missions
The Joint High Speed Vessel faces several challenges in high sea states that led to difficulty transferring cargo at sea,…
U.S., India and Japan Participating in Annual Malabar Exercise in Bay of Bengal
The U.S., Indian and Japanese navies are in the middle of the Malabar 2015 exercise, this year in Chennai, India, on…
CNO Richardson: Freedom of Navigation Missions in South China Sea Not Meant to Provoke
The new U.S. Chief of Naval Operations said potential U.S. Navy freedom of navigation missions in the South China Sea…
Navy’s Future Frigate Will Be Optimized For Lethality, Survivability; Will Not Retain LCS’s Speed
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Whereas a high sprint speed was a driving factor in designing the Littoral Combat Ship, the follow-on…