US Navy6 days agoNavy destroyers might kill hypersonic missile attacksHaving a Navy destroyer able to take out ICBMs is a development that radically impacts strategic and tactical dynamics associated with missile defense in a way that multiplies defenses in unprecedented ways.
Armed ForcesNovember 17Future Navy attack submarine for 2030 - bigger, more lethal, stealthierThe Navy’s future attack submarines for the 2030s will be bigger, faster, more autonomous, networked and stealthier than the existing Virginia-class attack boats because greater size will allow for more advanced quieting technologies to be built into the boats.
Armed ForcesNovember 12New Army weapons program ground-fires Navy Tomahawk, SM-6It can loiter over targets while sending back video through a two-way data link. It can destroy targets from ranges out to 900 miles. And now, it can adjust course in flight to destroy moving targets … the Tomahawk missile, often the first weapon to strike in combat, will now be fired as a land weapon.
US NavyNovember 11Pentagon to arm F/A-18 Super Hornet with hypersonic missilesCould arming the F/A-18 Super Hornet with hypersonic missiles keep the aircraft relevant for the next decade or two as larger numbers of F-35s arrive and the service prepares for stealthy, highly networked, 5th-Gen empowered, longer-range war?
US NavyNovember 11First Navy Columbia-class nuclear-armed missile sub to arrive in 2027They will secretly patrol the dark corners of the undersea, quietly tracking enemy movements sustaining a persistent threat of nuclear annihilation against anyone willing to launch a catastrophic first strike on the U.S. homeland.
NavyNovember 10Naval Academy: 1st Black woman named student brigade leaderThe first Black woman to assume the top role leading fellow students at the U.S. Naval Academy will take up that position next semester as brigade commander, the academy said Monday.
America TogetherOctober 27USS Oklahoma sailor killed at Pearl Harbor laid to rest in TennesseeUSS Oklahoma sailor Warren Crim, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, has been laid to rest in his Tennessee hometown.
US NavyOctober 26Navy issues safety 'stand down' for non-deployed aircraftThe Navy has directed all non-deployed aviation units to "stand down" as of Monday in response to two separate crashes, including one in which two officers were killed.
US NavyOctober 23Navy plane crashes into Alabama neighborhood, killing both crewmenA U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II aircraft crashed in Foley, Alabama Friday at 5 PM CT Friday, killing both crewmen on board.
America TogetherOctober 21USS Oklahoma sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified, set to be buried in KentuckyA U.S. Navy sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor has been identified and is set to be buried in Kentucky.