April 25, 2019 New Navy carrier-launched drone to fly this year The Navy’s first-of-its-kind carrier-based drone has been performing advanced ground testing exercises in preparation for its first flight as soon as this year, a process intended to introduce new attack tactics for the service and substantially improve the “strike” reach of aircraft carriers.
April 24, 2019 US Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs The U.S. Navy is drafting new guidelines for pilots and other employees to report encounters with "unidentified aircraft."
April 9, 2019 Missing Japanese F-35 poses major security headache for US if it falls into Russian or Chinese hands The Japanese F-35 fighter jet missing in the Pacific could be a major security headache for the U.S. if Russia or China locate the state-of-the-art fighter jet first, experts warn.
April 1, 2019 Navy to add 30 destroyers in massive warship expansion The Navy’s ambitious fleet-size expansion relies upon a massive increase in heavily armed Destroyers able to launch long-range attacks, fire interceptor missiles, defend carrier strike groups and engage in massive open blue water warfare.
March 29, 2019 Joe Bellino, Navy's first Heisman college football award winner, dies at 81 Joe Bellino, the Navy’s first Heisman trophy winner, passed away Friday at the age of 81 in his home in Massachusetts after being in failing health for some time.
March 28, 2019 Submarine surge: Why the Navy plans 32 new attack subs by 2034 Destroying enemy surface ships and submarines, “spying” close to enemy shores, bringing massive firepower to strategic areas and launching deadly undersea drones are all missions the Navy hopes to see more of in the future -- as the service plans to add as many as 32 attack submarines in just the next 15 years.
March 22, 2019 Navy eyes more, deadlier, aircraft carriers Threats from long-range guided missiles, surface ship fire-power, submarine-launched torpedo attacks and incoming air assaults all inform the Navy’s vigorous push to further weaponize its fleet of aircraft carriers - while assessing its plan to expand its number of carriers up to 12.
March 18, 2019 US missile defense breakthrough: Navy ships to destroy enemy ICBMs The Pentagon plans a “first-of-its-kind” test of an unprecedented weapons capability to intercept and destroy an enemy Intercontinental Ballistic Missile *ICBM” — from a Navy ship at sea using a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA.
March 14, 2019 Wreck of WWII aircraft carrier USS Wasp discovered in the Coral Sea The wreck of World War II aircraft carrier USS Wasp has been discovered in the Coral Sea more than 70 years after the ship was sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign.
March 12, 2019 Chilling World War III 'wargames' show US forces crushed by Russia and China Scary World War III ‘wargames’ show U.S. forces crushed by Russia and China in certain hot spots around the globe.