Day: July 19, 2023
Tuberville, Austin Call Fails To Yield Breakthrough on Military Holds
The Hill Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) spoke on Tuesday but failed to make any progress on…
EW Has Become A Defining Feature Of Future Conflict
Loren Thompson, Forbes The biggest lesson coming out of the fighting in Ukraine isn’t about drones or artillery, it’s about electronic warfare.
Electronic warfare, or EW, focuses on…
Navy Raises Battle Force Goal to 381 Ships
Sam LaGrone, USNI News The Navy is now more than 80 ships short of the latest estimate of what the sea service thinks it needs to fulfill the Biden administration’s national security…
Heavier & Lighter than Air
A. Denis Clift, Proceedings The exploits of early naval aviators such as Eugene Ely, the first pilot to land a plane on a ship, the USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4) in January 1911, are…
DoD Too Slow in Fielding EW Capabilities
Mark Pomerleau, DefenseScoop Despite progress in reinvigorating attention to the electromagnetic spectrum, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) believes the military is still too slow in fielding…
Marine Corps Fields More Mobile Light Tactical Vehicle
Allyson Park, NatDefMag WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marine Corps has begun fielding Polaris’s MRZR Alpha 4 Ultra Light Tactical Vehicle, marking a significant milestone in the Corps’ Force…
GM Defense Tackling Battlefield Power for Marines
Megan Eckstein, Defense News WASHINGTON — GM Defense is working with the Defense Innovation Unit on two projects aimed at bringing electric power to the battlefield — and potentially…
U.S. Marine Corps New Air Defense System Hits Full Rate Production
DefPost Kongsberg Protech Systems USA has begun full-rate production of the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) Remote Weapon Station (RWS).
Are the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-Class Submarines Headed for Retirement?
Osborn, 1945 Given the sheer mass, scope, and size of potential targets in rival nations, some might be inclined to explore the possibility of extending the SSGN service life even…