Japan Announces 7-Month, Dual Big Deck Deployment, USS Carl Vinson Heading to RIMPAC
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will dispatch both its Izumo-class big decks on their largest deployment to date, officials said on Tuesday.…
Document: Report to Congress on Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
The following is the June 1, 2015 Congressional Research Service, Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues…
Navy Air Boss: F-35C Advanced Sensors, Situational Awareness a ‘Game-Changer’
NORTH ISLAND NAVAL AIR STATION, Coronado, Calif. – The Navy’s top aviator checked out a simulator for its next-generation fighter…
Navy Stands Up Development Command to Breed Elite Surface Warfare Officers
The Navy is in the midst of a surface warfare renaissance after 15 years of lower-end tasks in the backgrounds…
Senate Appropriations Bill Adds 12 Super Hornets, $1.6B to Navy Shipbuilding
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee approved its Fiscal Year 2016 bill Tuesday morning, laying out $489.1 billion in base budget…
Video: Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System Dead Load Tests on Carrier Gerald R. Ford
The following is a June 5, 2015 U.S. Navy video of dead load tests of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System…
U.S. 6th Fleet Commander: Russia ‘Showing Interest’ As BALTOPS Exercise Begins
As 17 countries and NATO pulled out of the Gdynia, Poland, port together Monday to begin the 43rd annual Baltic Operations…
Navy, Missile Defense Agency, Japan Conduct First Flight Test of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA
The U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Japan Ministry of Defense conducted the first flight test of Raytheon’s Standard…
Opinion: The Forgotten Fleet of The U.S. Coast Guard
Over the past few years there has been much debate in Congress and in the Department of Defense over the…
HII Awarded $4.29 Billion in Contracts for John F. Kennedy Carrier Construction
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) $4.29 billion in contracts for the planned second Gerald R.…
Navy Seeks Increased Connectivity, Streamlined Training and Inspections in RAD Effort
The Navy’s Reducing Administrative Distractions (RAD) effort is rolling into the new Hatch innovation crowdsourcing website, after two previous RAD…