‘Subs, destroyers and amphibs’ to make up 350-ship goal
The Navy would prioritize increasing the production rate of existing ship classes and inserting new capabilities into mature hull designs as a way to...
Navy LADS Dash 8 deploys to New Zealand
The Royal Australian Navy’s only fixed-wing aircraft, its contractor-operated Dash 8 Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) platform is due to arrive in New Zealand...
New president’s maritime strategy
The election of Donald J. Trump to the Presidency of the United States represents a break with past policies as did that of Ronald W. Reagan in 1980 and offers the Navy an opportunity to make a fresh argument for a global warfighting strategy, Steve Wills argues. Maritime hybrid warfare is coming
US Admiral James Stavridis (ret) looks as hybrid warfare incorporating unconventional, and unacknowledged, forces on the battlefield in surprising ways to undermine conventional forces and obscure attribution. It is on its way. Three Chinese Navy ships to make port In San Diego
THREE Chinese Navy ships are scheduled to make a port call in San Diego next week, the U.S. Navy announced Thursday. The frigates YANCHENG...
Independent report informs UK national ship-building
Australia is embarking on one of the largest naval ship-building exercises in its history. ANI therefore publishes the findings of the Independent Report to Inform UK National Ship-building
Iran considers Yemen, Syrian naval bases: ‘more effective than nukes’
IRAN is considering having naval bases on the coasts of Yemen and Syria, the Iranian chief of the general staff told a gathering of...
Marine variant of F35B shows its stuff
KNOWN as the Joint Strike Fighter, the F35 is the most expensive weapons program ever, and is intended to replace four aircraft One after...
Pakistan Navy considering buying warships from China, Turkey
THE Pakistan Navy is considering buying super-fast ships from China and Turkey for its special squadron to be deployed at the Gwadar Seaport for...
USS Wasp will deploy with surface action group in 2017
WHEN amphibious warship USS Wasp (LHD-1) deploys the first time from its new homeport in Japan in late 2017, it’ll ship out with some...