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…
Document: F-35 Costs Decrease $4.5 Billion in 2012
From the document released May, 23 2013: This information is based on the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) submitted to the Congress for the December…
Attack Sub Montana Christened at Newport News, As Yard Tries Keeping to Schedule Despite COVID
Despite the coronavirus pandemic taking its toll on submarine construction at Newport News Shipbuilding, as the company president announced last month, the shipyard and…
Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Names
The following is the April 14, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress.…
Naval Surface Forces Looking Closely at Warfare Training for Individuals, Watch Teams
The surface navy is taking a serious look at how it trains individuals and watch teams in maritime warfighting skills, taking a similar approach…
Experts: Iranian Influence in Syria Shows No Signs of Stopping
Iranian influence in Syria is in no danger of dissipating as its civil war rages on and millions more of its citizens may soon…
Marine Corps to Prioritize Smaller Frontline Units in Upcoming Budget Plans
This post has been updated to correct the name of the Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon launcher Brig. Gen. Joseph Shrader refers to. Marine Corps budgets…
CNO: Arctic Operations Limited Now, But Future Ship Designs Should Consider Environment
The U.S. Navy’s presence in the Arctic region has been limited due to constrained budgets and urgent needs elsewhere in the world, the chief…
U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Swift Calls for Military Transparency in China Visit
The head of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific emphasized the importance of military-to-military transparency to his Chinese counterparts in a visit to the…
U.S. Naval Commander in Europe: NATO Needs to Adapt to Russia’s New Way of Hybrid Warfare
Russia has found ways to slow NATO military responses while simultaneously quickening its own ability to mobilize, the commander of U.S. naval forces in…
Budget Woes Cause Ike to Deploy Early
After only two months back at homeport, the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) will depart Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Thursday for another deployment to…
J. Randy Forbes Talks Sequestration
Rep. J. Randy Forbes is chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee. The Virginia Republican has held several hearings on naval readiness in…