The early, poor performance of Russia's ground forces stunned many, but Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro advised caution in assuming Russia's navy, especially its subs, were not formidable.
“Carlos Del Toro is an excellent selection to be the next Secretary of the Navy,” declared Senate Armed Services chairman Jack Reed.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
The Cuban-American served multiple tours at sea as a naval officer, and would take over a service in the midst of a radical modernization effort.
Ousted SecDef Esper liked the idea, but Navy Sec. Braithwaite - with just two months left in office -- hasn't spoken about it with the new Acting Secretary before rolling the idea out today.
The Navy’s Cyber Readiness Review released last March delivered a scathing critique, calling weak spots and persistent holes in the system an “existential threat” to the existence of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Thomas Modly pushed hard, and knew presidential ire was only one tweet away. How much did that influence his actions on the Roosevelt?
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
James McPherson was only confirmed in his current job by the Senate on March 23. Modly had been under fire since firing the ship's skipper last week, telling the crew Monday their captain was "stupid" for riding the alarm over a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the USS Roosevelt.
When Modly called the fired captain “stupid,” one sailor yelled “what the f*ck?” At another point, another sailor yelled, "he was trying to help us!" When Modly said Crozier’s letter left some sailors demoralized, another shouted "no, they weren't!"
Planning for a 21st century Navy of unmanned vessels, distributed operations, and great power competition has collapsed. Trapped by a 355-ship force goal, a reduced budget, and a fixed counting methodology, the Navy can’t find a feasible solution to the difficult question of how its forces should be structured. As a result, the Navy postponed […]
Misunderstandings about the pardon power may also fuel speculation that its exercise is inherently damaging to the long-term interests of the military justice system. Actually, pardons and clemencies are not rogue, extra-legal actions, but rather are integral to the Constitution’s vision of criminal justice writ large.
The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
"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.
“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?
WASHINGTON: The Navy may begin deploying submarine-hunting P-8 Poseidon aircraft to a small airstrip hundreds of miles off the Alaskan coast, signaling a new emphasis on keeping watch over Russian and Chinese moves in the Arctic. The remote runway sits on the island of Adak in the Aleutian island chain, and it’s the westernmost airfield […]
CAPITOL HILL: Navy readiness is “heading in the wrong direction,” the Government Accountability Office told the Senate this morning, with only 15 percent of Navy F-35Cs rated “fully mission capable.” At the same hearing, a four-star admiral acknowledged three nuclear-powered attack submarines were still stuck awaiting overhaul, with the USS Boise expected to be out of action […]