Interview with Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden: Priorities, and DDG 1000
Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden is the director for Surface Warfare on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff (OPNAV N96), and …
Naval Forces
F-35C Integrated Direct Lift Control: How It Works
A few months ago NAVAIR issued a press release touting the F-35C’s new Integrated Direct Lift Control (IDLC), highlighting its …
Marines Seek Machine Gun Rail Space Enhancement
While U.S. real estate appears to remain an uncertain proposition, the tactical “rail estate” market has never been hotter, as …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Building and Deploying the U.S. Navy’s Missile Fleet – With Urgency
For anyone younger than those of the baby boomer generation, it is impossible to fully understand the urgency the Cold …
Attack on Camp Bastion: VMA-211 Is Back in the Fight
After suffering the loss of its commanding officer and all but two of its aircraft in the attack on Camp …
VMA-211 Back in the Fight
VMA-211 AV-8B Harrier IIs land at Camp Bastion to continue the fight after the insurgent attack on Sept. 14, 2012. …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Transition From Guns to Missiles
The U.S. Navy has been in the missile defense business for over six decades. Given such a long history, and …
BAE Systems Developing Next Generation Mk 38 Gun Mount
Even as it continues to improve its successful Mk 38 (Typhoon) gun system with features such as a tactical laser …
Expeditionary Warfare Comes of Age in World War II
The United States entered World War II 27 months after it began officially with Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in …
P-3 Orion Marks 50th Anniversary
As the P-3 Orion continues to serve in its 50th year it has seen its role but not its importance …