Panel: Law Authorizing ISIS Strikes Could Be Up For Review When Congress Returns
Because the 2001 Authorization of the Use of Military Force “has no sunset” or “geographic limits,” a panel of legal scholars agreed that it…
Sixth National Security Cutter Contract Awarded
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a $487.1 million contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries for the construction of the sixth National Security Cutter, according…
Birth of the Littoral Combat Ship
Proceedings, September 2012 In a series of 1990s simulations, the LCS concept was born; the Strait of Hormuz was the hypothetical scenario, and ‘the…
GAO Report on Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter
The following is the June 20, 2023, Government Accountability Office, U.S. Coast Guard Acquisitions: Offshore Patrol Cutter Program Needs to Mature Technology and Design.…
Pentagon Accelerates Red Hill Defueling by Six Months
The Department of Defense projects the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility will be defueled six months earlier than previously announced, according to an…
Geurts: Navy Modernization At Risk Without COVID-19 Acquisition Relief Funds
This post has been updated with additional context on the Pentagon’s COVID-19 acquisition memo. The Navy may have to sacrifice modernization efforts if it…
NAVIFOR Boss: Virtual Training for ITs Soon to Go Fleetwide
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A recent pilot program tested in the fleet to provide information systems training virtually to shipboard sailors proved promising enough…
Unmanned Vehicle Operations, Global LCS Support Informed by Ongoing Wargaming, Prototyping
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy is conducting wargames and prototyping efforts to better understand how unmanned surface vehicles will fit into the fleet and…
U.S. Cruiser Transits Taiwan Strait After China Calls to Stop Foreign Interference on Island
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54) transited the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a day after Chinese defense officials released a white paper vowing to…
Photo Gallery: Independence Day and the Sea Services
The following are images of U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard Independence Day celebrations in port and at sea.…
Deployed Surface Forces Benefitting from SMWDC Training, Technologies
ABOARD USS BUNKER HILL AND USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT – Three years after the conception of the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, the…
Panel: Russia and China Practicing More Hybrid, Information Warfare
Russia and China are effectively using tools as old as propaganda and as current as viral social media messaging to sow distrust abroad and…