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US Navy Mark VI Patrol Boats Receive Reprieve
The U.S. Navy has canceled the February 5 GENADMIN message calling for the early retirement of the Mark VI Patrol Boats in 2021…
12 April 2021
The U.S. Navy has canceled the February 5 GENADMIN message calling for the early retirement of the Mark VI Patrol Boats in 2021…
Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., launched the future USS Canberra (LCS 30) into the Mobile River on March 30.
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully launched the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as part of shipboard operational testing and evaluation, March 19.
The U.S. Navy’s new and upcoming Light Amphibious Warships (LAW) will be the “new strategy and tactic” to countering the Chinese Anti-Access/Area Denial island chains around the South China Sea.
A new ocean surveillance ship, JS Aki (AOS-5203), was commissioned by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) on March 4, 2020.
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) tested a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from a land-based launcher back in November 2020.
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was a “Hot Topic of discussion” at SNA 2021 held in mid-January 2021…
The U.S. Navy does not intend to have a direct replacement for the Cyclone-class Patrol Coastals (PC) under the Trump Administration’s quest for a “500
During the Surface Navy Association (SNA) 2021 Virtual Symposium held last week, Lockheed Martin was showcasing a new artist impression showing two LRASM fitted on a F-35 Lightning II.
Peter Ong story with additional reporting by Xavier Vavasseur. Twenty-five years ago, the late author, Tom Clancy, a fictional war-thriller and non-fictional military historian and
