Navy Develops Torpedo Killing Torpedo
The Navy has taken its first steps to develop a weapon designed to intercept and destroy guided enemy torpedoes immune to U.S. countermeasures, Naval…
Document: Pentagon’s Aviation Plan
The following is the Pentagon’s aviation plan, dated May 2013. From the report: Summary of the Annual Plan and Certification This plan was developed…
UCLASS By the Numbers
The Navy has outlined the specifications for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) in a requirements document obtained by USNI News. Persistence: A UCLASS…
Once Troubled Mine Hunter Passes Navy Reliability Tests
Naval Sea Systems Command has completed a reliability program on a key component of Littoral Combat Ship mine countermeasure (MCM) package, NAVSEA told USNI…
Pacific Fleet’s Haney Nominated for Top STRATCOM Job
Adm. Cecil Haney has been nominated to take the top job at U.S. Strategic Command, according to a Monday release from the Department of…
Document: Guardian Grounding ‘Wholly Preventable’
The following is from the May 22, 2013 U.S. Pacific Fleet investigation findings from the Jan. 17, 2013 grounding of the minesweeper USS Guardian…
Southeast Asian Rivals Work Together in Disaster Relief Exercise
Last week Brunei hosted an important but little-noticed exercise in its portion of the island of Borneo. The multinational event sponsored by and held…
Opinion: Russians Fumble Mistral Construction
One of the most significant decisions of Russia’s now-disgraced and soon-to-be-indicted former minister of defense Anatoly Serdyukov was the decision to procure Mistral–class helicopter…
Document: Economic Impact of U.S. Shipbuilding
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) released its May report on the economic impact of the shipbuilding industry in the U.S. The following was from the executive summary: Currently…
China Carrier Starts Second Round of Jet Tests
The People’s Liberation Army Navy has conducted a second round of jet tests aboard its aircraft carrier with its J-15 carrier-based fighter on Wednesday,…
Women Could Serve in Navy Riverine Units by October, SEALs by 2016
The Navy will issue a report to the Pentagon by July on the service’s plan to allow women to serve in Costal Riverine Units…
Document: Navy Ship Naming Conventions
From June, 12 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Navy Ship Names For ship types now being procured for the Navy, or recently procured for the…