Gen. Hyten On The New American Way of War: All-Domain Operations

Gen. Hyten On The New American Way of War: All-Domain Operations
Gen. Hyten On The New American Way of War: All-Domain Operations

All-Domain Operations is”the biggest key to the future of the entire budget,” the Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said, “because if we figure that out, we’ll have a significant advantage over everybody in the world for a long time.”

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.

Navy & Marines Grapple With Moving To Space Force

Navy & Marines Grapple With Moving To Space Force
Navy & Marines Grapple With Moving To Space Force

The sea services have their own space specialists, but those personnel don’t only work on space — so who stays and who goes?

Pentagon, Navy, In Dark About Trump’s USS Truman Decision

Pentagon, Navy, In Dark About Trump’s USS Truman Decision
Pentagon, Navy, In Dark About Trump’s USS Truman Decision

The Defense Secretary was given a last-minute heads-up about the White House’s demand to keep the USS Harry S. Truman afloat, and the Navy scrambled Wednesday morning to change its message to Congress.

232 Unmanned Ships May Be Key To Countering China, Russia

232 Unmanned Ships May Be Key To Countering China, Russia
232 Unmanned Ships May Be Key To Countering China, Russia

WASHINGTON: The Navy is scrambling to write its new acquisition and operational playbook on the fly, a decision based as much on what US rivals are doing as it is on what the service hasn’t done in recent decades. The construction and innovation booms being undertaken by the Chinese — and to a lesser extent…

F-35C Readiness Rises, Navy Fighter Shortfall Fades

F-35C Readiness Rises, Navy Fighter Shortfall Fades
F-35C Readiness Rises, Navy Fighter Shortfall Fades

While the Air Force bet the farm on F-35, the Navy put its airpower eggs in multiple baskets, from legacy fighters to new drones.

Lasers: Beyond The Power Problem

Lasers: Beyond The Power Problem
Lasers: Beyond The Power Problem

Miitary lasers are getting more and more powerful, fast. But raw power isn’t all you need for a workable weapon.

Why DoD Cut A Carrier in 2020 Budget: Survivable Robots & Missiles Vs. China

Why DoD Cut A Carrier in 2020 Budget: Survivable Robots & Missiles Vs. China
Why DoD Cut A Carrier in 2020 Budget: Survivable Robots & Missiles Vs. China

An inside source explains the logic behind the 2020 budget’s most controversial call.

US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix

US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix
US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix

Warships sink. Bases burn. F-35s die on the runway. Can $24 billion a year — 3.3 % of the Pentagon budget — fix the problem?

Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10

Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10
Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10

The move could save more than $30 billion over 25 years to invest in high-tech weapons — but Congress is sure to explode in outrage.

No More ‘Playing Defense’ For US Navy; Offensive Weapons Are The Play

No More ‘Playing Defense’ For US Navy; Offensive Weapons Are The Play
No More ‘Playing Defense’ For US Navy; Offensive Weapons Are The Play

“We’ve spent a lot of time over the past years playing defense,” Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall, director of surface warfare, said at the West 2019 conference here. “The best defense is a good offense, and the idea that we will go after the threat — at range — is something that we have to be able to do.”

All Services Sign On To Data Sharing – But Not To Multi-Domain

All Services Sign On To Data Sharing – But Not To Multi-Domain
All Services Sign On To Data Sharing – But Not To Multi-Domain

“We need to have any sensor connect to any shooter at very rapid machine-to-machine speed,” Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said, “if we’re going to multi-domain operations.” But aye, there’s the rub: Are we?

CNO Wants More Cyber, IW in Navy’s Wargames

CNO Wants More Cyber, IW in Navy’s Wargames
CNO Wants More Cyber, IW in Navy’s Wargames

WASHINGTON: The Navy needs to increase both the number and complexity of its wargames, the service’s top admiral said Wednesday, citing rapid advances being made by competitors in cyber and information warfare tactics that will muddy and confuse future battlefields. While Adm. John Richardson didn’t provide any details to flesh out his thinking during an…

‘Be Ready To Fight Now’: Top Admiral On Russia & China

‘Be Ready To Fight Now’: Top Admiral On Russia & China
‘Be Ready To Fight Now’: Top Admiral On Russia & China

“The Battle of Guadalcanal was a brutal campaign, but shows us what the next fight could be like,” Vice Adm. Brown said. “Usually, the CO (skipper), XO (executive officer) and senior officers – even admirals – were killed immediately – but what happened?”