Report: Changes in the Arctic
From the March 28, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities in the Arctic, and…
Singapore PM: U.S. and China Need ‘Strategic Trust’
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called for the U.S. and China to build a greater degree of “strategic trust in each other,” in…
Report: Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program
From the March, 27 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The Navy’s proposed FY2013 budget requests $564.9 million for continued research and development work on…
Document: Joint Publication One
From the March, 25 2013 publication: Joint Publication 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States, is the capstone publication for all…
Greenert: New Defense Bill Will Halve Navy’s Budget Cuts
The Fiscal Year 2013 defense bill, signed into law last week, will halve the $ 9 billion in budget cuts the Navy it feared…
Mega Radar and U.S. Destroyer Tasked Closer to Korea
The Pentagon is sending the USS John S McCain (DDG-56) and the oil-derrick size radar, SBX-1 closer to North Korea, according to several news…
NATO’s Maritime Strategy and the Libya Crisis as Seen from the Sea
The following is a paper from the NATO Defense College Rome, published in March, 2013. From the report: In case you did not know, the North Atlantic Treaty…
HII Wins $2.6 billion Lincoln Refueling Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has won a $2.6 billion contract for the refueling and complex overhaul of the nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln…
Guardian Removal Completed, U.S. Could Face $2 million Fine
The Navy has completed the removal of the mine sweeping ship caught on a reef in the Sulu Sea on Saturday, according to the…
GAO: LCS Package Cost Likely to Increase
The way the U.S. Navy is buying the mission modules planned for the Littoral Combat Ship could lead to cost increases, according to a…
Congressional Group Urges Navy to Maintain Ships
A group of ten Congress members are urging the Navy not to defer maintenance of surface ships as part of the service’s plan to…
New Defense Bill Puts Lincoln Refueling Back on Track
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) has arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding facility to begin its mid-life refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH),…