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Last month, Lockheed Martin released artists renderings of their intended entry into the Navy’s contract competition for a carrier-based drone refueler that could help extend the range of the Navy’s aircraft. Impressive as the images were, Lockheed’s pitch remains little more than images and promises regarding what their drone’s capabilities will be. Promises not withstanding, […]
The USS Colorado, America’s newest nuclear attack submarine, was commissioned into service in Groton, Connecticut on Saturday. As the fifteenth Virginia Class attack submarine to enter into active service, the Colorado represents the very latest in submersible combat technology leveraged by the United States Navy. The Colorado itself, in fact, was touted at its launch […]
For the first time since the Vietnam War, a U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, has docked in Danang, Vietnam — with a cruiser and a destroyer in tow. This has been part of the ongoing efforts to bolster the relationship between the United States and Vietnam, and the DOD says that its mission […]
February 27, 1942 — The USS Langley was sailing off the Indonesian coast with her escort anti-submarine vessels in tow. A Japanese reconnaissance plane spotted them and reported back to their command. By mid-day, the U.S. ships were being bombarded by Japanese bombers — Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 attack bombers, to be precise, known to […]
After a series of close encounters between Russian and NATO military aircraft over the Black Sea in recent months, the waterway is now seeing a ramping up of naval activity as well. According to a statement released by the U.S. Navy’s 6th Fleet, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney has now joined its sister […]
The crew of the USS Pueblo, a U.S. Navy vessel captured by North Korean forces in 1968, are suing North Korea in international court over alleged human rights violations that occurred during their 11 months of captivity. “Our clients are seeking to hold North Korea accountable for the unspeakable acts committed against the crew of […]
Diplomatic tensions between the United States and China have risen throughout the developing nuclear predicament on the Korean peninsula, but in the nearby South China Sea, American and Chinese forces have long been staring one another down from either side of the horizon. The People’s Liberation Army’s massive modernization and reorganization effort, which has included […]
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet conducted what U.S. officials are characterizing as an unsafe, unprofessional intercept of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea on Monday. According to a statement released by US Naval Forces Europe, the Russian fighter closed to within just feet of the American aircraft. “A U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft […]
While most of the world has its attention on the Korean peninsula, tensions continue to rise between China and the United States in another part of the Pacific region as well: the South China Sea. On Wednesday, a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near territory that China has claimed sovereignty over in another of a series […]
On Tuesday, the United States Navy announced that a number of officers and the former commanders of two Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers involved in collisions that claimed the lives of 17 sailors over the past summer will face criminal charges for their roles in the events. The sailors were all parts of the command staff […]
Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden, Commander of the U.S. Navy’s surface forces, addressed the troubled year his branch has suffered, and what can be done to resolve some of those issues at the annual Surface Navy Association’s National Symposium this week. After a slew of ship collisions, two of which involved merchant vessels, claimed the lives […]
In many ways, the United States Navy serves as the crown jewel of U.S. foreign policy. The largest and most powerful navy on the planet, America’s sea faring branch boasts 11 operational Nimitz and Ford class super carriers, each larger than any carrier in service to any other nation, with two more currently under construction. […]
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