USS Eisenhower

Allies

French, US Carrier Strike Groups’ Ballet For Persian Gulf Stability

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and the French Charles de Gaulle CSG are cooperating at levels of integration rarely achieved in the past. Indeed, "it is at the request of US CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie to the French Army deputy commander for Air-Land operations (SCOAT for ‘’sous chef des opérations aéroterrestres de l’armée de Terre’’) that the French Air Naval Group (GAN for ‘’groupe aéronaval’’) assume command of US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT)’s Task Force (CFT) 50 from March 31st till April 24th’’, explains a French military officer.

By Murielle-Delaporte

Congress

Longer Navy Deployments, Fewer Port Calls To Manage COVID

The COVID pandemic “has added complexity” to the Navy’s plans, Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer said. “But the [deployment schedule] has not changed."

By Paul McLeary

Global

Two Carriers & Marine Amphib Converge On Mid East; Patriots Too

"We’re gonna keep them for awhile," in the wake of a deadly rocket attack on Camp Taji in Iraq which killed two American troops and one British service member earlier this week, the head of Central Command said today.

By Paul McLeary

Allies

USS Eisenhower Leads Exercise To Clear Atlantic Shipping Lanes

The Navy is doing something it hasn't done since the 1980s -- test its abilities to win in a contested crossing of the Atlantic.

By Paul McLeary

Congress

All 6 East Coast Carriers In Dock, Not Deployed: Hill Asks Why

As the Navy scrambles to get enough parts and people to move carriers back out to sea, it's facing a crowded waterfront at Norfolk.

By Paul McLeary

Naval Warfare

Navy Readies Ships To Help Hurricane Florence Victims

As the Navy sorties 30 ships from Norfolk and surrounding bases, a few ships will be heading back in short order to assist in the cleanup. The amphibious ships USS Kearsarge and USS Arlington, along with hospital ship USNS Comfort, have all loaded up on supplies and have put out to sea.

By Paul McLeary

Congress

10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025

It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.

By Breaking Defense

Air Warfare

Navy Winds Up F-35Cs Development Tests On USS Eisenhower

ABOARD USS EISENHOWER: After all the talk from senior Navy leaders about the life cycle costs of the Joint Strike Fighter program and the limits of stealth over the last five years, it was intriguing to hear top Navy commanders and pilots praising the performance of the F-35Cs being tested here. The pilots were using the […]

By Colin Clark

Naval Warfare

UCAS-D Surrogate Makes Carrier Landings, Launches

For the first time, the Navy and Northrop Grumman have demonstrated the ability to make an unmanned aircraft make carrier landings and take-offs today, using an F-18 rigged to fly the same way. It is part of the Navy’s effort to develop a stealthy and unmanned aircraft –UCAS-D, also known as the X-47B — able […]

By Colin Clark