November 22, 2020 Navy destroyers might kill hypersonic missile attacks Having 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.
November 17, 2020 Future Navy attack submarine for 2030 - bigger, more lethal, stealthier The 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.
November 12, 2020 New Army weapons program ground-fires Navy Tomahawk, SM-6 It 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.
November 11, 2020 Pentagon to arm F/A-18 Super Hornet with hypersonic missiles Could 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?Â
November 11, 2020 First Navy Columbia-class nuclear-armed missile sub to arrive in 2027 They 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.
November 10, 2020 Naval Academy: 1st Black woman named student brigade leader The 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.
October 27, 2020 USS Oklahoma sailor killed at Pearl Harbor laid to rest in Tennessee USS Oklahoma sailor Warren Crim, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, has been laid to rest in his Tennessee hometown.
October 26, 2020 Navy issues safety 'stand down' for non-deployed aircraft The 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.Â
October 23, 2020 Navy plane crashes into Alabama neighborhood, killing both crewmen A U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II aircraft crashed in Foley, Alabama Friday at 5 PM CT Friday, killing both crewmen on board.Â
October 21, 2020 USS Oklahoma sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified, set to be buried in Kentucky A U.S. Navy sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor has been identified and is set to be buried in Kentucky.