ARLINGTON, Va. — Submarine forces operating in the Arctic will become “more and more important,” as the polar ice melts, opening up more navigable blue water to commercial and naval vessels, a top U.S. Navy leader says. The U.S. Submarine Force…
Biden Focus on Infrastructure, Environmental Improvements Could Lift Jones Act
ARLINGTON, Va. — President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s Jr. twin goals of rebuilding America’s infrastructure, while protecting the environment, could bolster support for maintaining the 100-year-old law that protects the U.S. maritime industry, according to a Washington think tank analyst. The Biden…
Naval Community College: First Major Step to Improve Learning as a National Security Priority
The U.S. Navy Department’s Education for Seapower Strategy is on track to roll out its first major project in 2021, a community college to improve intellectual development and military professionalism among enlisted personnel. The U.S. Naval Community College (NCC), aimed…
Despite Navy-Wide Precautions, COVID-19 Turns up on USS Theodore Roosevelt Again
ARLINGTON, Va. — No new cases of COVID-19 have been reported aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, where “a small number of Sailors” tested positive for the novel coronavirus a week ago, a Navy spokesperson said Oct. 21. The Roosevelt,…
Marine Corps Assistant Commandant Tests Positive for COVID
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. Gary Thomas, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, according to the Marine Corps. Thomas, who tested positive Oct. 7, had been self-quarantining since Oct. 6, when he…
AeroVironment Unveils Improved Version of Switchblade One-Way Attack Drone
ARLINGTON, Va. — Unmanned aircraft maker AeroVironment has developed a bigger, badder version of Switchblade, its man-portable, tube-launched, loitering small aerial missile system. The Switchblade 600 has greater capabilities for engaging larger, hardened targets with multi-purpose anti-armor ammunition at longer distances…
Future War in the Pacific? Think Guadalcanal, Marine Corps Planners Say
ARLINGTON, Va. — The challenge a peer competitor like China poses in a future conflict across the Indo-Pacific region bears striking similarities to the war between the United States and Japan in the same battlespace more than 75 years ago, say…
Reinventing Logistics and Mobility are Key Elements to Force Design, Generals say
ARLINGTON, Va. — To meet the pacing threat of a near peer competitor like China by 2030 will require changes in Marine Corps platforms, equipment and, above all, changes in thinking about logistics and mobility, according to a panel of three-star…
AI Will Give Pilots an Unmanned Wingman, Pentagon Officials Say
ARLINGTON, Va. — Despite rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), including the recent defeat of a human fighter pilot in a virtual dogfight, AI won’t replace combat pilots, but team up with them in the future, a top U.S. Defense Department…
Cruise Missiles in the Arctic Seen as Another Outcome of Great Power Competition
ARLINGTON, Va. —The Arctic, already an area of competing maritime, commercial and territorial claims among nations bordering the high latitudes, is also “an ideal site” for the launch of strategic missiles, say two retired admirals from the United States and the…
