Navy, Marine Corps Back Longer Amphib Readiness Cycles, More Ships
BrDef The Navy currently utilizes a 36-month Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP), but leaders want to stretch it to 56 months
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AC-130J Gunship With Mini Cruise Missiles Paired With AESA Radar
WarZone The plan is to demonstrate a fully integrated, longer-range strike capability that could keep the AC-130 relevant in high-end conflicts.
Lewis B. Puller and the Mine Warfare Mission at the Strait of Hormuz
SLDinfo USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) embodies a straightforward but strategically important proposition: if you want to keep the Strait of Hormuz open against the threat of mines, you put the…
Navy Transforming How it Arms Fleet Amid Stockpile Concerns
Heckmann, NDM The service is on a mission to replenish its supply in more affordable and more timely ways amid looming threats of future conflict
Is the DDG(X) Program Is a Dead Program Walking?
CDR Salamander …dead or in a medically induced coma?
Senate Advances War Powers Res. After GOP’s Cassidy Switches Sides
WSJ Republican senator lost his primary after Trump urged voters to oust him
SOCOM Wants To Move Fast on New Tech
Jeff Schogol, Task & Purpose U.S. Special Operations Command’s strategy for fielding new technology to special operators emphasizes speed, a top acquisitions official with the command…
USS Ford CSG Earns Presidential Unit Citation After Historic Cruise
gCaptain America’s newest commissioned aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) tied up at Pier 11 this morning after 326 days at sea, completing one of the longest deployment…
HII, MetalCraft Marine Deliver ROMULUS-25 USV Prototypes for USMC
Naval N. HII, in partnership with MetalCraft Marine, has delivered and sea tested two ROMULUS-25 unmanned surface vessels (USV) awarded in a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) contract for…