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![The P-8, Singapore & South China Sea Strategy](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2016/06/FullSizeRender-50-225x150.jpg)
OVER THE MALACCA STRAIT: Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and his host, Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, made a stark and clear statement to China before the Shangri-La summit began, boarding America’s preeminent sub-hunting and surveillance plane, the P-8 Poseidon. “How do you like this aircraft?” asked Carter as they boarded the P-8. “I love this…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![People, Not Tech: DepSecDef Work On 3rd Offset, JICSPOC](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2014/11/Bob-Work2-225x150.jpg)
PENTAGON: The Pentagon says it wants a revolution and the 2017 budget to be unveiled today funds a host of high-tech weapons, from arsenal planes to Hyper Velocity Projectiles to robots. But for Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, the real bleeding edge of innovation is not a weapon, no matter how impressive. It’s a secretive command…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Invisible Bullets: The Navy’s Big Problem In Future War](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2014/10/Navy-electronic-warfare-tech-000603-N-7355H-001-225x150.jpg)
WASHINGTON: In the brutal naval battles of the future, the first clash of arms will be a clash of electrons. If you don’t win the invisible battle of the airwaves, you can’t win the visible battle of missiles. Before warships can concentrate their fire on the enemy, they first must communicate with each other. Before they…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![CNO Richardson Urges Fast-Track For Cyber, EW & Drones](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2015/12/Richardson-CNO-John-151020-N-FQ994-030-e1445354292314-225x150.jpg)
CAPITOL HILL: The new Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. John Richardson, previewed a Navy “design for maintaining maritime superiority” this morning. The service will roll it out in January, just before the 2017 budget. While Richardson seems a bit more guarded than his predecessor in his public comments — at least, so far — he did tease…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Bridging The ‘Valley Of Death’ For Navy Drones](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2013/05/Breaking-Defense-Navy-225x150.jpg)
PENTAGON: The Navy’s new offices for unmanned systems — that’s drones or robots to you and me — are a long-overdue reform, two top experts tell us. But, as emphasized by both our outside sources and the new Navy officials themselves, it’s equally important to understand the initiative’s limits. This is not an overhaul of the…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Why Northrop Won The LRS Bomber](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2015/04/Northrop-Grumman-Long-Range-Strike-Bomber-concept-LRSB-225x150.jpg)
How did Northrop beat world’s largest defense companies, the Boeing-Lockheed Martin team, in the crucial competition for the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB)? First, and probably most importantly, Northrop Grumman is the only company in history to design, develop, manufacture, and maintain a long-range stealth bomber—the B-2 Spirit. Thanks to pre-award briefings, we know that the…
By Robert Haffa![F-35C & Ford Carriers – A Wrong Turn For Navy: CNAS](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-19-at-10.28.16-AM-225x150.png)
WASHINGTON: The high-cost, high-controversy centerpieces for the future Navy fleet — the Ford-class aircraft carrier and the F-35C fighter — not only take it in the wrong direction, says a report out today. They double down on a strategic mistake made 20 years ago, when the Navy shortchanged range, argues Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain now…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Carriers Crucial In War With China – But Air Wing Is All Wrong: Hudson](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2014/01/ford_float17nov13-2-225x150.jpg)
UPDATE with Forbes statement WASHINGTON: At $4.7 billion over budget, Ford-class aircraft carriers have taken a beating in Congress. This morning, though, the House Seapower subcommittee chairman will roll out a report from the conservative Hudson Institute that’s a ringing defense of the carrier — but which also contains a stinging indictment of the aircraft that fly…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Congress Makes Navy Sweat On Carriers, UCLASS, LCS, & Cruisers](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2014/11/F-35C-Catches-Wire-First-Time-USS-Nimitz-225x150.jpg)
WASHINGTON: The conference version of the defense policy bill for 2016 puts the Navy on notice in multiple high-priority programs. In three areas — carriers, the UCLASS drone, and LCS — Sen. John McCain‘s tough positions prevailed over the House, albeit with some compromises around the edges. In a fourth — Ticonderoga-class cruisers — it was a House leader,…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Dunford Says F-35 Fleet Size Under Review; Supports F-35 Buy](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2015/07/Gen.-Joseph-Dunford-Chairman-Joint-Chiefs-of-Staff-former-Marine-Commandant-225x150.jpg)
WASHINGTON: The presumptive Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, has told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the most pressing areas of concern for the US military are its cyber and space capabilities; modernizing its nuclear weapons and their delivery systems; and assuring that American forces can penetrate any set of defenses anywhere in the world. He also…
By Colin Clark