Lawmakers Want to Suspend Egyptian Military Aid
In the wake of the public uprising that deposed former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) —…
Navy Awards Raytheon $276 million Next Generation Jammer Contract
Raytheon has won a $276 million contract to develop the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) for the service’s electronic attack air fleet, according to…
Document: Syria’s Chemical Weapons
From the July, 1 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress: The use or loss of control of chemical weapons…
Navy Identifies Attack Sub Sailor Killed on Saturday
A sailor killed Saturday after failing off a pier-side submarine in Norfolk, Va. has been identified, Navy officials told USNI News on Monday.…
India Interested in Leasing Second Russian Nuclear Attack Sub
India may be interested in leasing a second nuclear attack submarine (SSN) from Russia, according to a Wednesday report from Jane’s Defence Weekly. Jane’s…
Joint China-Russia Exercise More Political Than Military
China and Russia made headlines this past weekend when they participated in the rather blandly titled Joint Sea 2013. Despite the name, Joint Sea…
NAVSEA Awards Three Contracts for Oiler Development
Naval Sea Systems Command has issued three contracts to shipyards for work toward the Navy’s next-generation fleet oiler (T-AO(X)). General Dynamics NASSCO, Huntington Ingalls…
U.S. Navy Trading Destroyers for PCs in 5th Fleet
The Navy is trading high-dollar warships for smaller Cyclone-class patrol craft (PC) to keep the peace in the Arabian Gulf, service officials told USNI…
Underwater Art Galleries Keep Memory of Ships Alive
Austrian artist Andreas Franke has turned an artificial reef made from the hull of a World War II Coast Guard cutter into a fine…
The Smooch that Ended World War II
On August 14, 1945, President Harry Truman took to the airwaves to announce that Japan had accepted the terms of surrender and that the…
Background on New Marine Amphibious Vehicle
From the Congressional Research Service June, 28 2013 report on development of the Marine Corps next-generation amphibious assault vehicle: On January 6, 2011, after spending approximately…
NAVSEA: LCS Missile Competition Could Start Next Year
The U.S. Navy could start its investigation into its new surface-to-surface missile for its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program as early as next year,…