NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The top leaders of the Navy and Marine Corps sought to justify their force structure decisions, arguing April 4 that it was necessary to cut some current platforms and systems to be able to buy the…
High-Powered Lasers Boost Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Capability
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is making considerable progress in the drive to field a high-energy laser system that can meet the demand for a directed energy system capable of defeating anti-ship cruise missiles called for in Chief of…
AI Could Hammer Out Issues Plaguing Shipbuilding Supply Chain After COVID-19
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A key to alleviating the chronic challenge of better maintainability and sustainability of increasingly complex naval ships is earlier and constant collaboration between the services acquisition officials and industry, starting with upfront dialogue on requirements for…
USMC Force Changes ‘Wicked Hard,’ but Essential, Lt. Gen. Smith Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Marine Corps’ drastic changes in force size, composition and weapons to meet the emerging threats, primarily from China, is going to be “wicked hard,” but the Corps’ top officer driving those changes said it is…
FRCs Gets Hornets Back in Action Quickly, Now Turning Attention to Other Aircraft
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Intense and extended efforts by the command of naval aviation’s Fleet Readiness Centers have cut the time to get F/A-18 Hornet fighters out of maintenance and back to the flight line by half. Those efforts are…
Emerging Capabilities Like Unmanned and AI Can Aid Cyber Threat
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The challenge for naval expeditionary forces in the emerging threat environment is how to integrate all the elements operating in a distributed role when they may not be able to control the communications domain, a panel…
Emerging Tech Will Change the Character of War, and the US Must be Ready, Milley Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The rapid development of a vast array of new technologies is changing the fundamental character of war and if the U.S. military fails to adapt, it could mean future generations would suffer massive casualties in the…
Esper, Milley Reject Assertions in ‘Afghanistan Papers’
The U.S. defense secretary and its top military officer rejected the premise of the recently published “Afghanistan Papers” in The Washington Post — that defense leaders engaged in a deliberate effort to deceive the public on the lack of progress…
Foggo: Russia, China on the Move, From the Arctic to the Med
The commander of U.S. and allied naval forces in Europe and Africa said he is dealing with increased activities by both Russia and China in his vast area of responsibility — which stretches from the Arctic to the southern tip…
Scientists Warn U.S. Running Out of Time to Modernize Nuclear Weapons Systems
America’s current nuclear deterrent force is safe, secure and effective, but the nation is running out of time to modernize the weapon systems in the nuclear triad and the infrastructure that produces and sustains them, three senior military commanders and…
