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Naval Warfare

Will Trump Fire SecNav? Super Carrier USS Ford Suffers New Setback

Just days after Trump again ripped the program, the Navy says the over-budget, and overdue, carrier remains beset with problems.

By Paul McLeary

Congress, Naval Warfare

Navy Wary of Growing Costs While It Ramps Up Ops

The Navy is adding more ships as quickly as possible, even as it grapples with how it’s going to pay the costs to keep them afloat once it gets them, a top officer said.

By Paul McLeary

Air Warfare, Congress, Naval Warfare

House Dems Block Wall Funds, Slash Sub, But Add F-35s

The House Dems launch the first salvo in what promises to be a long defense budget saga, and they are drawing lines that will be hard to cross.

By Paul McLeary

Air Warfare, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare

Marines: FVL Intriguing, BUT CH-53K Is Essential

The Marines are hellbent on fielding the troubled CH-53K helicopter to supply the far-flung island outposts they plan on using against China.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Naval Warfare

Navy Walks Thinning Line On Sub Programs

Virginia class subs are suffering delivery delays of up to seven months, potentially placing the Columbia — slated to be the backbone of the nation’s nuclear triad — at risk.

By Paul McLeary

Air Warfare, Naval Warfare, Space

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?

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Global, Naval Warfare, Threats

CNO: USS Lincoln Persian Gulf Trip No Surprise — ‘Planned For Some Time’

CNO John Richardson said Monday that, essentially, the Persian Gulf deployment was business as usual. “The Abraham Lincoln Strike Group was planned to deploy for some time now,” he told the SeaAirSpace conference.

By Paul McLeary

Air Warfare, Sponsored

Navy’s New Tomahawk Plan Targets Ships, Bunkers and Distance

WASHINGTON: As the Navy continues to look for ways to reach out and touch — or preferably deter — potential adversaries at greater range, it is turning to the latest version of a decades-old weapon to do it.

By Paul McLeary

Allies, Global, Naval Warfare, Threats

New 2nd Fleet To Confront Russia From Day One

The Navy has created a new fleet, and is sending it straight into the Baltic Sea to test new ways of doing business.

By Paul McLeary

Naval Warfare

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.

By Paul McLeary

Congress, Naval Warfare

Congress Applauds VP Pence’s Surprise Nixing Of Truman Retirement

The Pentagon and Navy leadership say the USS Harry S. Truman must retire so modernization might live. The White House wants to blow that plan up.

By Paul McLeary

Global, Naval Warfare, Threats

CNO: New Strategy Is To ‘Force Our Competitors to Respond’

“In the ideal world we would want our competitors to respond to our moves instead of us responding to them… We would want to make many of the first moves on our own.”

By Paul McLeary

Air Warfare

F-35 Parts Problems At Heart Of Low Readiness Rates: GAO

“F-35 aircraft performance is falling short of warfighter requirements—that is, aircraft cannot perform as many missions or fly as often as required. This lower-than-desired aircraft performance is due largely to F-35 spare parts shortages and difficulty in managing and moving parts around the world”

By Colin Clark

Allies, Global, Naval Warfare, Threats

Allies Diplomatic Note To Moscow: 2 Carriers, 7 Ships, 1 Ambassador

While two carriers attracting most of the attention, a smaller US footprint is being established between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, where Russia — and Turkey — are raising concerns.

By Paul McLeary