SECDEF Carter Directs Navy to Cut Littoral Combat Ship Program to 40 Hulls, Single Shipbuilder
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has ordered the Navy to trim its total buy of Littoral Combat Ships to 40…
Document: Report to Congress on Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program
The following is the Dec. 11, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and…
Navy Under Secretary Nominee Davidson Fields Ford Carrier Concerns During Confirmation Hearing
The nominee for the Navy’s number two civilian post told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that she shares…
Destroyer Zumwalt Back at Bath Iron Works After First Set of Builders Trials
This post has been updated with an additional information and a statement from the Navy. The first-in-class guided missile destroyer…
U.S. Ambassador to India Verma Outlines Growing Defense Ties Between Washington and New Delhi
The United States ambassador to India said the two nations increasingly have a common vision of security across the Indo-Pacific…
SECDEF Carter Shows Off Carrier Eisenhower to Indian MoD Delegation Amidst Increasing Defense Cooperation
ONBOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER — In a blast of rotor wash from a Marine MV-22 Osprey, Secretary…
Video: Navy Gets Creative in Spirit Spots Ahead of Army-Navy Game
As the Navy’s tally of consecutive wins over Army has increased, so too has the Navy’s excitement leading up to…
Essay: Taking Distributed Lethality to the Next Level
The evolving Distributed Lethality (DL) concept ––announced last year –– offers a new approach for how the nation might use…
First Round of Navy Recommendations for Personnel Reform Ready for Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy’s initial set of recommendations to Congress to modify personnel legislation – along with the other…
Latest Russian Navy Operational Surge Could be Unsustainable
The Russian Navy has operated more and further afield in the last year than it has in decades, but the…