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About-face: US Army says its buying new watercraft after all
After years of talk of divestiture, the U.S. Army may be resigning itself to recapitalizing its watercraft fleet.
By David B. Larter
Latest "Sealift" stories
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Despite rising awareness of critical US sealift shortfalls, solutions are elusive
It’s unclear how the U.S. plans to stop a capacity collapse among the ships needed to transport up to 90 percent of the Army’s and Marine Corps’ equipment for a major conflict.
By David B. Larter
The Army may cut its boat fleet even as Navy faces critical wartime transport ship shortage
The analysis is being done now to look at cutting back the Army's fleet ahead of the next budget submission.
By Todd South
The US Navy will have to pony up and race the clock to avoid a sealift capacity collapse
The U.S. Defense Department is pouring money into making the force more lethal, but by the end of the 2020s it will face the prospect of cascading down a sealift capacity cliff.
By David B. Larter