McCain: Where’s the Strategy? Mattis: ‘We’re Working It’
Spearheaded by Chairman Sen. John McCain, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee pressed the Pentagon’s top leadership why it…
Congress Presses SECDEF Mattis on U.S. Navy Path to 355 Ships
Seapower leaders on the House Armed Services Committee pressed Pentagon leaders Monday night to explain why the president’s 2018 budget…
DoN $180B Budget Request Emphasizes Readiness; Reduces Spending on Ships, Aircraft
This post has been updated following Pentagon and Navy press briefings on the FY 2018 budget. THE PENTAGON – The Department…
Video: THAAD Ballistic Missile Defense System Arrives in South Korea
The following is U.S. Forces Korea video of the U.S. Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD)…
VIDEO: Navy Tests Anti-Swarm Boat Missile on Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post had the incorrect size of the LCS main deck gun. Both variants field…
Navy to Impose More Rigorous Oversight in New Ship Classes; Will Hire More Engineers
The Navy will need a larger engineering directorate as it grows the fleet in coming years, to avoid problems faced…
VIDEO: New SM-3 Block IIA Intercepts Ballistic Missile in Space For First Time
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the Japan Ministry of Defense and U.S. Navy successfully used a ship-launched Standard Missile-3 (SM-3)…
Lockheed Martin Advocates Accelerating Aegis, SPY-1 Upgrades
Lockheed Martin would like to accelerate both its Aegis cruiser and destroyer modernization efforts and its AN/SPY-1 radar refurbishment program,…
MDA Conducts Successful BMD Intercept with Ship-launched SM-6
The Missile Defense Agency proved it could intercept a complicated medium range ballistic missile target with the Navy’s SM-6 missile,…
Navy Planning on Not Buying More LRLAP Rounds for Zumwalt Class
The Navy isn’t planning on buying the rocket assisted guided round designed for a key system in the Zumwalt-class of…