(USN) is to increase Its funding of unmanned vehicles to USD6 billion over the next five years, a senior officer told Jane's on 11 August.rnThe spending plan is part of the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) on unmanned platforms, details of which were revealed by Vice-Admiral Barry ...
The US Navy is celebrating the centennial of its aircraft carriers,“which are recognized as a powerful tool that has furthered America’s interests”. US Navy Vice Admiral Scott D. Conn, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities, announced on 21 October 2021 ...
Vice Admiral Karl Thomas, U.S. Navy, Commander of Seventh Fleet shares his views on a LIVE webinar broadcast with the U.S. Naval Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies on October 14th 2022. Photo: Screenshot of CSIS Webinar. “Everything we do, we try to do i...
The improvements in F/A-18 readiness appear to be lasting. The navy first reported surpassing the 80% threshold in 2019, and senior admirals at the 2023 Sea Air Space conference April confirmed publicly that 372 Super Hornets were mission capable at the time. USN “air boss” Vice ...
The United States Navy has the mission of ensuring free trade on the high seas, defending U.S. interests abroad, and defending the United State and its
Vice Admiral Rob Gaucher, the US Navy’s Commander Submarine Forces, told the Naval Leaders’ Combined Naval Event 2024 (CNE 24) conference in Farnborough, UK in late May: “We’re going to install UUVs on a submarine, USS Delaware, starting in a couple of weeks, and they w...
The U.S. and Israel have developed a security plan for humanitarian groups coming to a “marshaling yard” next to the pier to pick up the aid, said U.S. Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, deputy commander of the U.S. military’s Central Command. USAID Response Director Dan Dieckhaus said ...
Navy Ranks are more than just who salutes whom. Navy rank is a badge of leadership. Responsibility for personnel, equipment, and mission grows with each increase in rank. Do not confuse rank with pay grades, such as E-1, W-2 and O-5. ...
Rear Adm. William Greene, who is in charge of surface ship maintenance, said the Navy surged technicians and parts to its Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center — which covers work in Naples, Italy; Rota, Spain; and Manama, Bahrain — after Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7....
Finally, in 1942, the Navy Commission determined that Vice Admiral Koso Abe ordered and supervised the beheading of nine US Marine commandos on Kwajalein. He, too, was found guilty of murder. All seven high-ranking officers, Tachibana, Ito, Sakaibara, Iwanami, Asano, Ueno, and Abe were hang...