A ship participating in the RIMPAC 2022 exercise experienced an engine room fire, and two sailors were flown ashore for medical treatment.

The two services have been conducting reviews and meeting with industry over the last year to define their distinct roles in providing tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and develop a plan for a space-based ground moving target indicator capability.

The reshuffle follows reported flaws and deficiencies in Russian weapons programs highlighted by the military action in Ukraine.

The House on Thursday passed the $840 billion National Defense Authorization Act 329-101 after voting to attach hundreds of amendments, some of which included new arms transfers restrictions.

As sea ice in the Arctic melts, the Coast Guard needs more icebreakers to remain competitive.

The Space Force may finally be ready embrace the concept for responsive launch. Outside experts and military officials point to recent and planned demonstrations, momentum in the commercial sector and a growing acknowledgement of the threats to military space assets as reasons to think the service may overcome the bureaucratic, budgetary and technological hurdles that have slowed this effort over the last two decades.

An Italian Navy official also suggested cables themselves might act as sensors to help the service.

A brain drain in the space arena will have detrimental effects on our national security and our states’ readiness, and creating a Space National Guard is the best, most cost-efficient way to prevent that from happening.

But the big prize for the company — and other shipyards in the U.K. — is the logistics ships program for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.