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Newport News Shipbuilding is in the midst of several pilot programs aimed at creating a Smart Shipyard that could accommodate “drawingless” plans for the...

As the US Navy faces a $848M shortfall, picking what maintenance to skip is full of risk, the US Naval Institute News Service's Megan Eckstein reports.

One of the most conspicuous ships in the Navy is among the least understood, Sam LaGrone, editor of US Naval Institute News reports from aboard the guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt.

The Royal Australian Navy has completed first-of-class flight trial for its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing

By Zachary Abuza and Nguyen Nhat Anh* ON 2 May, the French amphibious assault ship FS Tonnerre arrived in the Cam Ranh International Port (CRIP)...

Traditionally, security used to be thought of only in terms of the defense of territory within a state system whose defining characteristic was an incessant competition for military superiority with other nation-states, all lying within a classic state of anarchy, devoid of superior or governing authority. Today, however, India and her Navy have swung around to a far more holistic approach.

Sam Goldsmith looks at how the national ship-building effort is an underlying insurance policy for Australia.

By Norman Friedman* IN MAY, the Chinese continued their program of creating ‘facts on the ground’ by building airstrips and small bases atop the disputed...

By Gregory P. Gilbert, Defence Analyst THE last months of World War II saw Australian-led Allied forces liberate Borneo from Japanese occupation in what is...

China plans base station for rescue operations in South China Sea A Chinese government bureau is planning a base station for an advanced rescue...