EXCLUSIVE Marines Tested Commandant’s New Vision In Largest Marine Exercise Since Cold War

EXCLUSIVE Marines Tested Commandant’s New Vision In Largest Marine Exercise Since Cold War
EXCLUSIVE Marines Tested Commandant’s New Vision In Largest Marine Exercise Since Cold War

In an exclusive statement, the ambitious USMC Commandant says the exercises are shock testing “what we will expect to see in a realistic fight where large forces are spread out over great distances.”

Air Force, Navy Decry Year-Long CR: $18.7B Would Be Lost

Air Force, Navy Decry Year-Long CR: $18.7B Would Be Lost
Air Force, Navy Decry Year-Long CR: $18.7B Would Be Lost

“I suppose it is possible it could happen,” CSIS’s Todd Harrison says of a one-year CR for DoD, “but it never has happened and it is unlikely it ever will.”

Ford Aircraft Carriers Not Ready For F-35s, So Aging Vinson Gets The Call

Ford Aircraft Carriers Not Ready For F-35s, So Aging Vinson Gets The Call
Ford Aircraft Carriers Not Ready For F-35s, So Aging Vinson Gets The Call

The long road the F-35 took to finally being ready to deploy has forced the Navy’s new $13 billion carrier class to leave the plane behind — for now at least.

US Forces Untrained, Unready For Russian, Chinese Jamming

US Forces Untrained, Unready For Russian, Chinese Jamming
US Forces Untrained, Unready For Russian, Chinese Jamming

Training for electronic warfare threats is too easy, leaving troops dangerously unready for great power conflict. Scenarios are so unrealistic that one officer called them “garbage.”

SecNav Again Blasts Huntington Ingalls On Ford Carriers

SecNav Again Blasts Huntington Ingalls On Ford Carriers
SecNav Again Blasts Huntington Ingalls On Ford Carriers

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer continues to lay into aircraft carrier builder Huntington Ingalls, as his acquisition chief tries to smooth things over on Capitol Hill.

Lasers To Kill Cruise Missiles Sought By Navy, Air Force, Army

Lasers To Kill Cruise Missiles Sought By Navy, Air Force, Army
Lasers To Kill Cruise Missiles Sought By Navy, Air Force, Army

Impressed by tests against low-flying drones, the services are collaborating to increase both power and precision to take on tougher threats.

All 6 East Coast Carriers In Dock, Not Deployed: Hill Asks Why

All 6 East Coast Carriers In Dock, Not Deployed: Hill Asks Why
All 6 East Coast Carriers In Dock, Not Deployed: Hill Asks Why

As the Navy scrambles to get enough parts and people to move carriers back out to sea, it’s facing a crowded waterfront at Norfolk.

Navy May Scrap Goal of 355 Ships; 310 Is Likely

Navy May Scrap Goal of 355 Ships; 310 Is Likely
Navy May Scrap Goal of 355 Ships; 310 Is Likely

The Navy, facing a budget crunch in the near future, is looking for more punch from fewer ships, a top Admiral says.

Navy Secretary Rips Hill, Says Shipbuilder HI Has ‘No Idea’

Navy Secretary Rips Hill, Says Shipbuilder HI Has ‘No Idea’
Navy Secretary Rips Hill, Says Shipbuilder HI Has ‘No Idea’

Richard Spencer was taking no prisoners in remarks today, accusing Congress of failing to fund his plans and spreading “disinformation” about shipbuilding programs.

IT For Rent: Army Piggybacks On Air Force Services Contract

IT For Rent: Army Piggybacks On Air Force Services Contract
IT For Rent: Army Piggybacks On Air Force Services Contract

The services are collaborating as never before, officials said, as they outsource non-combat networks through new “IT as a service” contracts.

CBO: Navy Shipbuilding Plan Off — By $200 Billion

CBO: Navy Shipbuilding Plan Off — By $200 Billion
CBO: Navy Shipbuilding Plan Off — By $200 Billion

The Navy faces huge hurdles in trying to get to 355 ships – but a new shipbuilding plan due in coming weeks could change the whole calculus.

Commandant: Marines ‘Not Optimized For Great Power Competition’

Commandant: Marines ‘Not Optimized For Great Power Competition’
Commandant: Marines ‘Not Optimized For Great Power Competition’

The new commandant says the Corps has to start “unshackling ourselves from previous notions of what war looks like and reimagining how Marines will train, how we will operate, and how we will fight.”

LCS Fires New Long-Range Missile, As Navy And Marine Corps Hammer Out New Force Plan

LCS Fires New Long-Range Missile, As Navy And Marine Corps Hammer Out New Force Plan
LCS Fires New Long-Range Missile, As Navy And Marine Corps Hammer Out New Force Plan

The Naval Strike Missile is one tool that the Navy and Marines are looking to rely on in crafting a response to a new era of long-range threats.

Pentagon To Classify More Acquisition Info, Keep Closer Eye On Fed Employees

Pentagon To Classify More Acquisition Info, Keep Closer Eye On Fed Employees
Pentagon To Classify More Acquisition Info, Keep Closer Eye On Fed Employees

“We have a fairly well-positioned and growing counterintelligence activity across the organizations,” the official said, adding that the shift to DoD has created “what is arguably the single largest security-focused agency in the federal government.”