Opinion
To bootstrap US maritime industrial base, link allies and innovators
As officials consider the wholesale resuscitation of U.S. shipbuilding, there is a nearer-term lever worth pulling, the author of this op-ed argues.
By Joshua Tallis
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Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
The new policy aims to revitalize a U.S. shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals from Beijing.
US Navy seizes arms shipment in Arabian Sea likely bound for Yemen
The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons aboard what the Navy described as a stateless dhow.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Cyber Command shifts counterterrorism task force to focus on higher-priority threats
U.S. Cyber Command is shifting Joint Task Force-Ares' focus from counterterrorism to nation-state actors, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.
By Mark Pomerleau
Russian defense chief scoffs at Western warnings on Ukraine
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow was closely monitoring the deployment of U.S. troops and weapons in Europe as part of NATO’s Defender Europe 2021 drills.
Navy shipbuilding plan would require ‘unprecedented’ funding levels, watchdog agency says
The shipbuilding plan released in December would give the fleet more than 400 ships by 2051, at a cost of $1 trillion, and would require annual funding "unprecedented since World War II," the CBO said.
U.S. Navy joins frantic search for missing Indonesian sub
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has also offered additional assistance to Indonesia, which could include undersea search assets.
Navy’s first-ever unmanned fleet exercise launches off West Coast
This week's exercise comes as the sea service continues to face questions about whether it can shepherd unmanned capabilities to fruition.
US sailor who died while snorkeling off Tinian beach identified
Construction Mechanic Constructionman Gen Sun died April 18.
By Diana Stancy