Military Alternative Fuels Research: The Navy’s Great Green Fleet, and Opposition from Congress
Last July, the Navy demonstrated its commitment to alternative fuels during RIMPAC, the world’s largest naval exercises, 100 miles off …
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Huntington Ingalls Industries Closes Gulfport Composite Center of Excellence
After building the composite deckhouse and hangar for the U.S. Navy’s DDG 1000 and DDG 1001, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) …
Military Alternative Fuels Research: Air Force Efforts Face Budget Barriers
This fall marks the fortieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War and the subsequent Arab oil embargo that sent shock …
M60 Machine Gun Was Loved, Hated by G.I.s
It was a fixture in Vietnam.
Second only to the Huey helicopter as the “most recognizable” weapon of its era …
When Triton Circumnavigated the Globe
USS Triton (SSRN 586) was designed as a nuclear radar picket sub to accompany and protect carrier battle groups, providing …
Book Review – Surviving Trainer and Transport Aircraft of the World: A Global Guide to Location and Types
A lot of trilogies fizzle out by their completion. Not so for Don Berliner’s Surviving Trainer and Transport Aircraft of …
Vice Adm. Barry McCullough Takes Helm of Surface Navy Association
The Surface Navy Association (SNA) has a new leader. Retired Vice Adm. Barry McCullough has been named to succeed retired …
EA-18G Demonstrates New Targeting/Networking Capabilities
An EA-18G Growler from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) equipped with a new package of data network …
Small Craft for Patrol, Riverine, and Special Operations Tasks Come to the Fore in Littoral Warfare
In ensuring maritime security in the littorals, most navies and coast guards have to counter a wide range of asymmetric, …
F-35B Twilight Operations on the USS Wasp
Lockheed Martin recently released this video of twilight operations aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) during ship suitability sea trials, also …