CBO says buying 18 medium landing ships could cost $3.6 billion more than the Navy expects, a 138 percent overrun.
By Aaron MehtaGA-ASI’s MQ-9B: The right UAV for persistence, power, and performance
When assessing the state of the art of unmanned aerial systems, it’s critical to be very clear about what various aircraft can and can’t do – and could never do.
The inclusion of the Medium Landing Ship in the fiscal year 2025 shipbuilding request is a major win for the Marine Corps, which faced significant amphibious shipbuilding cuts last year.
By Justin Katz
The Marine Corps has announced an industry day on Feb. 29 to discuss the next stage of the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle program.
By Justin Katz
The name change, which will take place Nov. 15, follows an agreement signed in January between the US and Japan under which Tokyo formally agreed to allow the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment to be stationed in Okinawa by 2025.
By Justin Katz
Gen. Eric Smith will become the first Marine in at least 100 years to have the title “acting commandant.”
By Justin Katz
New tech, new units, more amphibs: Marine’s latest Force Design update readies for life after Berger
Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, the Marine Corps’ top requirements officer, predicted Force Design 2030 would only be accelerated if Gen. Eric Smith is confirmed as the new top Marine.
By Justin Katz
Insights on digital transformation following successes on B-21 and Sentinel
Customers and employees are experiencing the ‘Butterfly Effect’ of digital transformation from key national security programs.
The full-throated support by Armed Services Committee lawmakers could foreshadow Force Design 2030’s future when its biggest proponent leaves the Marine Corps.
By Justin Katz
The new document, the first update since 1997, says Russia’s failure to establish competent logistics have been a “major factor” to why it has failed to achieve its objectives in Ukraine.
By Justin Katz
In comments to Breaking Defense, a Marine Corps spokesman forcefully pushed back against the new budget request’s failure to seek new amphibious warships.
By Justin Katz
The Stern Landing Vessel is the precursor to the Landing Ship Medium, the new vessel introduced by Force Design 2030.
By Justin Katz The assistant commandant also sought to tamp down on the narrative that funding amphibious shipbuilding was a fight between the Navy and Marine Corps.
By Justin Katz
“We need a cognitively agile [non-commissioned officer] that can outmaneuver our enemies in the future,” said Sgt. Maj. Stephen Griffin.
By Justin Katz
A new unit formation, a different way to operate and vocal congressional backers are all ways that Force Design 2030 took shape this year.
By Justin Katz
Congress should not shoot the messenger, but help the Navy and Marine Corps explain why 31 amphibs is the right number, CSIS’s Mark Cancian argues in this op-ed.
By Mark Cancian