Naval Warfare

Ninth of its name: HII, Navy lays the keel for next Enterprise

Ninth of its name: HII, Navy lays the keel for next Enterprise
Ninth of its name: HII, Navy lays the keel for next Enterprise

The Olympic athletes Simon Biles and Katie Ledecky are sponsoring the Enterprise (CVN-80).

Ahead of shipyard ceremony, Navy and industry advocate for another aircraft carrier ‘block buy’

Ahead of shipyard ceremony, Navy and industry advocate for another aircraft carrier ‘block buy’
Ahead of shipyard ceremony, Navy and industry advocate for another aircraft carrier ‘block buy’

The Pentagon claimed to save $4 billion via its last aircraft carrier block buy. Can it do it again?

NATO expansion should be accompanied by a Nordic defense reset

NATO expansion should be accompanied by a Nordic defense reset
NATO expansion should be accompanied by a Nordic defense reset

Adding Sweden and Finland to the alliance should serve as a turning point in how the Nordic nations plan out their defense strategies, writes analyst Robbin Laird.

Aboard the autonomous Mariner, the Navy’s latest unmanned surface ship

Aboard the autonomous Mariner, the Navy’s latest unmanned surface ship
Aboard the autonomous Mariner, the Navy’s latest unmanned surface ship

The USV Mariner is a direct result of the Strategic Capabilities Office’s Project Overlord program. Breaking Defense recently went inside the high-tech vessel.

The Navy’s Navigation Plan is good, but Congress has some heavy lifting to do to make it work

The Navy’s Navigation Plan is good, but Congress has some heavy lifting to do to make it work
The Navy’s Navigation Plan is good, but Congress has some heavy lifting to do to make it work

“The threat before the nation requires timely action, and the current trajectory simply doesn’t match reality,” writes Brent Sadler of the Heritage Foundation.

Russia’s naval doctrine may call for challenging the West, but does it have the shipyards?

Russia’s naval doctrine may call for challenging the West, but does it have the shipyards?
Russia’s naval doctrine may call for challenging the West, but does it have the shipyards?

Moscow may need to build a new shipyard to meet its aspirations, including Russia’s own “Pacific pivot,” and sanctions are only making things more difficult, analysts told Breaking Defense.

Upstart Anduril Australia hopes to make 100s of large drone subs, ‘ITAR free,’ CEO says

Upstart Anduril Australia hopes to make 100s of large drone subs, ‘ITAR free,’ CEO says
Upstart Anduril Australia hopes to make 100s of large drone subs, ‘ITAR free,’ CEO says

CEO and chairman David Goodrich told Breaking Defense the $100 million USD effort to build three prototype Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) in three years is just the beginning of ambitious plans for the company.

Marine Corps will not stand down MV-22 fleet despite Air Force move

Marine Corps will not stand down MV-22 fleet despite Air Force move
Marine Corps will not stand down MV-22 fleet despite Air Force move

The service has known about the clutch failure phenomenon since 2010 and feels “that we have the appropriate procedures in place to handle this emergency procedure in the event that it occurs again,” a Marine Corps official said.

Lockheed delivers high-energy laser four years in the making to US Navy

Lockheed delivers high-energy laser four years in the making to US Navy
Lockheed delivers high-energy laser four years in the making to US Navy

The laser is scheduled for at-sea tests on the destroyer Preble in fiscal 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Special Operations Command grounds CV-22 Ospreys due to safety issue

EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Special Operations Command grounds CV-22 Ospreys due to safety issue
EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Special Operations Command grounds CV-22 Ospreys due to safety issue

AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Jim Slife ordered the safety standdown on Tuesday in the wake of two safety incidents that had occurred over the past six weeks, with a total of four such events occurring since 2017, AFSOC said.

PLA exercises after Pelosi Taiwan visit were largely pre-planned

PLA exercises after Pelosi Taiwan visit were largely pre-planned
PLA exercises after Pelosi Taiwan visit were largely pre-planned

Reacting to the PLA’s previous large-scale exercise in the Taiwan straits in 1995-1996, the United States deployed two carrier battlegroups in response. The Chinese undoubtedly noted that this latest exercise, which included missile overflights of the island, led to a far more muted reaction, writes Dean Cheng.

UK publishes new maritime strategy amid ‘increased global tensions’

UK publishes new maritime strategy amid ‘increased global tensions’
UK publishes new maritime strategy amid ‘increased global tensions’

The document also highlights issues with illegal fishing and seabed mapping, and calls environmental damage a “maritime security concern.”

Missile defense chief ‘confident’ Poland’s Aegis Ashore ready in 2023

Missile defense chief ‘confident’ Poland’s Aegis Ashore ready in 2023
Missile defense chief ‘confident’ Poland’s Aegis Ashore ready in 2023

“We’re in a great place to get to that delivery to complete in ‘23,” the Missile Defense Agency director said.

‘A bloody mess’ with ‘terrible loss of life’: How a China-US conflict over Taiwan could play out

‘A bloody mess’ with ‘terrible loss of life’: How a China-US conflict over Taiwan could play out
‘A bloody mess’ with ‘terrible loss of life’: How a China-US conflict over Taiwan could play out

Early results from a DC think tank’s wargame suggest the US would prevail in defending Taiwan from China, but at a heavy cost that would leave it ill-prepared for new threats from Russia or Iran.