Sea-based Missile Defense
Dramatic surface fleet changes are under way as the U.S. Navy moves to boost the numbers of multimission Aegis cruisers …
Naval Forces
Down in the Weeds
In the not-too-distant future aircraft carrier deck refueling personnel or “purple shirts” as they’re commonly known, may be gassing up …
Littoral Combat Ship
Both competing prototypes of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) are now complete, and as of spring 2010, the U.S. Navy …
Book Review – Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America’s Best Fighter Jocks
The U.S. Navy officially retired its last F-14 Tomcat in September 2006, (the actual last flight was Oct. 4) but …
Interview with Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby: The State of U.S. Sealift
The Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) is the primary resource for short-term, immediate sealift requirements for both combat and humanitarian/relief …
Barring the Door: Three Different Anti-Access Approaches
Sometimes the U.S. Navy says that its role is often to “kick in the door” – to gain access to …
Harvest Hawk Gives the KC-130J Bite
Affirming recommendations outlined in the latest Quadrennial Defense Review, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stressed in a February Pentagon briefing …
Interview
Anthony C. “Tony” Zinni is the chairman of the board of directors of BAE Systems, Inc., the company’s wholly owned …
Interview
Anthony C. “Tony” Zinni is the chairman of the board of directors of BAE Systems, Inc., the company’s wholly owned …
From Props to Jets and Angled Decks
Advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, wrote futurist Arthur C. Clarke. Today’s aircraft carrier surely is the closet thing to …