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Malaysia has agreed to buy four Chinese naval vessels and pledged with Beijing to handle South China Sea disputes bilaterally, a Chinese official said...

On launching Bravo Zulu: Honours and Awards to Australian Naval People 1900‐2014. the Chief of Navy spoke about the importance of naval history. "To understand where we are going, it is important to understand where we have come from," he said.

Rear Admiral John Martin, ONZM, Chief of Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy – Talking at the International Seapower Symposium run at the Naval War...

The Navy’s submarine force is looking to reinvigorate its high-end warfare training and plans to do so by finding efficiencies within the current testing and certification schedules, the commander of submarine forces said, US Naval Institute News reports.

The US Navy should prepare for a future operating environment where anti-ship weapons propagate globally and attacks such as the recent ones against guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) are more commonplace, one the service’s top budget officials said, US Naval Institute News reports.

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By LT Coleman Ward* Today’s military operating environment is more complex than ever. While the principles of warfare have remained relatively unchanged throughout history, the development of advanced military capabilities and employment of unconventional styles of warfare increasingly challenge the way commanders are thinking about future conflict. Potential adversaries are further complicating the operating environment through various anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) mechanisms.

By Megan Eckstein, US Naval Institute News A variety of Navy studies point towards the need for a bigger fleet to handle global requirements, and the upcoming change in administration and end to the Budget Control Act spending caps may present an opportunity to begin thinking creatively about what the future larger fleet may look like.

By Alastair Cooper* Leon Berkelmens at the Lowy Institute has suggested a more constructive dialogue between students of both economics and national security. His call...

French shipbuilder DCNS has signed the first operational contract to support the Australian Future Submarine Program. The agreement is a "design and mobilization contract," and...