The Navy Department is aggressively pushing its new “Education for Seapower” initiative because it will need Sailors and Marines who will have the mental flexibility and critical thinking skills to compete and win in an era of “great power competition”…
Senior NATO Commander Says Alliance Is Responding to Russian Expansion With Exercises, New Command
NATO has seen the effects of a modernized Russia’s navy and its increased activities in all the waters around Europe, and the alliance is responding with multinational exercises and new organizations, including a command focused on ensuring the flow of…
Marines Narrow List of Capabilities for Large Unmanned Aerial System
The Marine Corps has narrowed the list of requirements for its proposed large unmanned aerial system (UAS) and is teaming with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on an unusual program to accelerate development of the technologies the UAS would need….
Navy, Marine Corps Readiness Questioned in Heritage Foundation Assessment
Despite some improvements in combat readiness, the U.S. military has “marginal” overall capability to meet the increasing global security challenges it faces because all four of the armed services are too small and much of their major combat systems are too old, according to the latest of the…
Modly Doubts Future Budgets Will Allow for 355-Ship Fleet
The size of the current fleet, the high cost of new ships and the likely lack of growth in future budgets will make it difficult for the Navy to reach the current goal of a 355-ship battle fleet, the Navy’s…
‘Great Power’ Fight Might Require Different Blend of Vessels, But Marines Won’t Shun Amphibious Operations, NDIA Speakers Say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Despite the commandant’s stark warning about the vulnerability of current amphibious warships, the Marines are not moving away from amphibious operations. But to operate in the future highly contested littoral waters, the amphibious force must be more…
Berger Plan to Build More Smaller and Cheaper Ships Could Greatly Expand Available Expeditionary Force, Analysts Tell NDIA Conference
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger’s proposal to build a lot of different, smaller and cheaper ships — including unmanned vessels — to substitute for or augment large amphibious warships is not yet clearly defined, but presents…
New Force Structure Assessment Will Address Needs of ‘Great Power Competition,’ Two Top Requirements Officers Say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — U.S. Navy and Marine Corps requirements and capabilities leaders are working together to produce an Integrated Naval Force Structure Assessment, which will replace the Navy assessment that usually shapes the shipbuilding plan, the two top requirements officers…
Five Transport Vessels Survive, Thrive in Hostile Water Simulation, Tactical Adviser Says
Aware that in the increasingly tense global security environment the U.S. Navy’s sealift and logistical support fleet may have to sail through seas contested by a near peer adversary, U.S. Transportation Command recently sent five unarmed transport vessels through simulated…
MDA Director Advocates Missile Defense Integration at Forum
The emergence of more capable missile threats — more precise and maneuverable ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles — requires more capable sensors in space and total integration of all missile defense systems and sensors in space, on land and at…