U.S. Special Operations Command is upgrading its Special Operations Forces’ personal diving equipment. “Technology for the combat diver has advanced significantly and SOF continues to enhance diver capabilities to maintain an agile and lethal combat diving force,” Lieutenant Commander Kassie…
Combat Craft Medium to Gain New, Improved Sibling
The United States Special Operations Command’s Combat Craft Medium Mark 1 will get a new and improved next-generation sibling in the future called the Combat Craft Medium Mark 2. Currently, USSOCOM is working with Oregon-based company ReconCraft on the first…
Can the U.S. Navy’s E-2D Hawkeye Substitute for the Canceled Air Force E-7A Wedgetail?
The U.S. Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail Airborne and Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft was canceled by the Trump Administration in the summer of 2025, although Congress is moving to block such a decision and enacting legislation to prevent the…
Newly Modified Coast Guard Cutter Storis Prepares for Arctic Duty
The U.S. Coast Guard’s newly acquired icebreaker Storis recently arrived in Seattle to prepare for its first Arctic patrol, after a six-week voyage from Bollinger Shipyards in Mississippi. The Coast Guard bought the M/V Aiviq (now the Storis) late last…
U.S. Coast Guard Refits Commercial Icebreaker Aiviq for Service as USCG Storis
The Coast Guard awarded a contract Nov. 20 to Offshore Service Vessels LLC, of Cut Off, Louisiana, to acquire the motor vessel (M/V) Aiviq, a 360-foot U.S.-built polar class 3-equivalent icebreaker, U.S. Coast Guard Media Relations said in an Dec. 16 email….
