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.”
By Paul McLearyThe 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.
By Paul McLeary“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.”
By Paul McLeary“We’ve seen this coming,” but governments “haven’t been preparing to go after not only UAS but cruise missiles.”
By Paul McLearyOriginally slated to deploy last year, the Triton drones will give US commanders in the Pacific a powerful new tool to conduct surveillance, and track Chinese moves from afar.
By Paul McLeary“We’ve got to wrestle with ship mix and their capacity; there’s a balancing act.”
By Paul McLearyThe Navy is rushing to fix its long-broken ship repair and overhaul pipeline as the service prepares itself for “a generational-level of submarine work.”
By Paul McLearyCurrent and near-term defense budgets in the U.S. have created a period of strong growth for the defense industry, particularly in areas such as situational awareness, survivability, secure networks and communications.
By Breaking DefenseIn conflicts of the future the Pentagon will need some radically new thinking.
By Paul McLearyDynetics will build the Common Glide Body for both the Army and Navy, which Lockheed will integrate into full-up weapons for the first Army battery by 2023.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Navy’s data is spread all over the place, but a $100 million effort by the Navy aims to change all that within two years.
By Paul McLearyThe Marine Corps and Navy are moving past the insurgent wars of the past two decades and readying themselves to play a central role in countering China and Russia.
By Paul McLeary“We’re spending a lot of money in this area right now, but we don’t understand where we’re spending it” says Navy undersecretary Thomas Modly.
By Paul McLearyThe company that has experienced slip-ups in delivering missile tubes to the Navy might leave the business, leaving only a single company who can do the work.
By Paul McLeary