Defense Systems

Navy looking for solutions to power, outfit new destroyer

Weapons options include 5-inch guns and lasers, surface warfare director says.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth on the Hill; NATO’s newest mission; Next carriers named; C-130J firefighting video; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Navy shipbuilder plans expansion to boost submarine production

The goal is to improve cost and throughput by going “where the labor is,” said Huntington Ingalls Industries’ CEO Christopher Kastner.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: N. Koreans captured; New AI-export rule; 2,500 Guardsmen on wildfire duty; Mines found at IKEA; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

A new dashboard is helping the CNO keep tabs on readiness and more

Navy data scientists built the tool to help Adm. Franchetti and her staff track top-priority topics with a few clicks.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Anti-ISIS ops continue; How sanctioned oil flows; DOD red-teams AI; Protecting undersea cables; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Trump's promise to build more warships is on a collision course with his deportation pledges

The president-elect's efforts to clamp down on immigration could make it hard for shipyards already facing workforce shortages.

  • Nicole Foy, ProPublica
Ideas

2024 in review: Navy

Bracing for the future, grappling with shipbuilding woes, watching China—and more stories about the sea service.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

The D Brief: Navy jet downed by US cruiser; Tech titans push tieup; Trump’s latest DOD picks; More Taiwan aid; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston, Audrey Decker and Ben Watson
Defense Systems

US Ospreys to resume flight after gearbox inspections

New flight restrictions added after part failed in last year’s deadly crash.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Bill aims to beef up US shipbuilding

Bipartisan SHIPS Act would add funding, goals, oversight to boost U.S. military, commercial fleets.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

Extra parts, people powered F-35 readiness on latest Pacific deployment

VMFA-225 worked around delays with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine-aid plan; US production woes; How Navy ‘wasted’ $1.8B; Jersey drone update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

‘Navy wasted $1.84 billion’: GAO slams cruiser-rehab effort

Poor planning, myriad changes have marred the Congress-mandated effort to refit Ticonderoga cruisers for five more years of life.

  • Bradley Peniston and Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Israel pounds Syrian military sites; Taiwan gets tanks; Will AI firms eat the Pentagon?; One dead on Fort Eisenhower; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Navy F-35s can’t play well with others, so the service is betting big on sims

The service is bringing its hyper-realistic Joint Simulation Environment to more bases.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Defense One Radio, Ep. 168: The decline of America’s commercial shipbuilding industry

We conclude our series of conversations about America's ailing shipbuilding sector.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: A ‘3rd nuclear age’; Seoul’s self-coup fallout; Romania’s election nullified over Russian meddling; Soldiers charged with smuggling people; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

As sims at sea help one carrier’s aviators stay sharp, the Navy wants more

Air Boss wants the rest of the strike group to get networked simulators as well.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Business

Lockheed braces for new administration as Musk targets F-35

CFO: “Until we get that visibility, it's really hard to speculate on what we'll see.”

  • Audrey Decker
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