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With all focus for the surface fleet on readiness, what gets sidelined?
In The News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. surface fleet is setting its sights on restoring readiness, an effort led by a new boss who is laser-focused on a force that was twice battered in 2017 b...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Panel: China Making Aggressive Moves in the Arctic
In The News
As China expands its influence, Beijing believes it can claim access to any region on earth – including the Arctic, three experts on maritime security said Friday. Beijing is ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Military budget in massive spending bill would usher in pay raises, new ships and planes
WASHINGTON – With a partial government shutdown looming, lawmakers on Capitol Hill were racing against the clock Thursday to approve a massive spending bill for fiscal year 20...
By Lauren Fish
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Is Boeing working on a second MQ-25 drone prototype?
In The News
ST. LOUIS — Boeing is confident it can win the Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based tanker drone competition. In fact, it’s so bullish that it may already be on a path to building a sec...
By Jerry Hendrix
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How much longer will US and partner forces ‘own the night’ in combat?
Filmed through the tinted green of night vision goggles, a February video by the Taliban depicts their assault on an Afghan security forces outpost in Kandahar province. After...
By Adam Routh
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Is the top general in Afghanistan in too deep?
For Army Gen. John "Mick" Nicholson, the war in Afghanistan is deeply personal. The top commander in charge of President Donald Trump's revamped strategy to “fight to win” has...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Nuclear policy of the Russian Federation
Russia published its most recent military doctrine in 2014. Although it discusses nuclear weapons and use, it is not meant to be the last word on Russian nuclear policy. What ...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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The US is Accelerating Development of Its Own ‘Invincible’ Hypersonic Weaponsw
Last spring, representatives from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, came to the office of then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work and laid out some ha...
By Robert O. Work
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Trump’s Spy Chief Nominee to Face Grilling Over Russia Responses
President Donald Trump’s departing military cyber chief stunned lawmakers this week when he said he was never asked by the White House to counter ongoing Russian efforts to in...
By Michael Sulmeyer
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First Combat Laser For Navy Warship: Lockheed HELIOS
“This is a very big deal,” said Mark Gunzinger of the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, a longtime advocate of lasers. “It is clear evidence of the progress th...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Lauren Fish on Bombshell: No Joy in Munchen
This week, the Bombshell ladies welcomed CNAS expert Lauren Fish to talk all things FY19 defense budget, including why this big funding increase may not be all that it seems. ...
By Lauren Fish
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Budget Deal Likely to Deliver Hefty Business to Defense Companies
The recent budget deal has handed U.S. defense companies an extra $75 billion over the next two years as the Pentagon boosts spending on aircraft, missiles, tanks and maintain...
By Robert O. Work
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Upgrade Navy Networks To Get Most From F-35: Commandant Wants Quality
CAPITOL HILL: If the Commandant of the Marine Corps had one more dollar to spend — and he probably will with the recent budget deal — he’d use it to upgrade Navy ships’ electr...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Experts: Pentagon’s 2019 budget plan headed for receptive audience on Hill
WASHINGTON — Despite questions over a ballooning U.S. deficit and other funding dramas, the 2019 military budget proposal out Monday is poised to win support on Capitol Hill, ...
By Lauren Fish
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US Air Force requests $156.3 billion in FY19, plans to retire B-1, B-2 fleets
ROME — The fiscal 2019 budget for the U.S. Air Force plans to grow the service from 55 to 58 combat squadrons over the next five years, while buying dozens of high-end aircraf...
By Susanna V. Blume
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US Navy to add 46 ships in five years, but 355 ships won’t come for a long time
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Navy will grow by more than 40 ships over the next five years, theNavy’s Budget director said Monday. But while the fleet will grow rapidly in the near t...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Navy Buys Lots More Fighters; Ships Up Slightly But 355 Not In Sight
PENTAGON: The U.S. Navy’s budget is growing by over $12 billion in 2019, and more ships are on their way – but not enough to get to the hoped-for 355-ship fleet any time befor...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Budget deal clears the way for $1.4 trillion, two-year military funding plan
WASHINGTON – An agreement reached in the midst of a short-lived federal government shutdown Friday will let lawmakers move forward on a plan to bust budget caps for a $1.4 tri...
By Lauren Fish
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At the brink of shutdown drama, potential two-year military funding deal hangs in balance
WASHINGTON – As the clock ticked closer to a government shutdown Friday, lawmakers said they were nearing a deal on a massive $1.4 trillion, two-year defense budget plan. The ...
By Lauren Fish
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As military preps for new shutdown threat, lawmakers sound optimistic tone
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides of a bitter partisan debate on Capitol Hill haven’t ruled out a temporary funding bill to head off a crucial deadline Thursday. The talks ...
By Lauren Fish
