Japan Set to Buy SM-6s in Potential $450M Deal, Says State Department
Japan is set to be the first country after the United States to field the Standard Missile 6 as part…
INDO-PACOM Used Ground-based Aegis Combat System Prototype to Target Missile Threats, Surface Targets
Last year, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command quietly packed the combat system from a guided-missile destroyer into about the size of a…
Search Suspended for 3 Marines Missing After MV-22 Crash
The search for three Marines missing after an MV-22 crash off of Australia has been suspended, according to a late…
3 Marines Missing Off Australia Following MV-22 Mishap; 31st MEU, Bonhomme Richard Leading Search
This post has been updated with a new statement from III MEF. A search is on for three U.S. Marines…
Bonhomme Richard ESG Combines With Australian Frigates For ‘Upgunned ESG’ Rehearsal in Talisman Saber 2017
U.S. amphibious forces in the Pacific practiced combining their ships and embarked Marines with multi-warfare surface combatants, rehearsing for so-called…
SM-6 Cleared for International Sale; Australia, Japan, Korea Could Be Early Customers
Raytheon’s Standard Missile 6 has been cleared by the Pentagon for international sales and a trio of potential Pacific nations…
Interview: Rear Adm. Mike Manazir on Weaving the Navy’s New Kill Webs
THE PENTAGON – The U.S. military can no longer count on dominating any domain of warfare against near peer enemies…
Video: Successful F-35, SM-6 Live Fire Test Points to Expansion in Networked Naval Warfare
A Monday test pairing a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) with an Aegis Combat System armed…
US Fleet Forces Will Focus Training, Fleet Experimentation on Distributed Operations
U.S. Fleet Forces Command will push its fleet experimentation and training towards a new distributed operations concept, in which deployed…
Navy Expanding NIFC-CA To Include Anti-Surface Weapons, F-35 Sensors
Navy engineers are working to bring new aircraft sensors and new weapons into the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA)…