U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Strategic Framework for Aegis BMD
As noted in previous posts of this series, the nation’s early ballistic missile defense efforts were understandably focused on protecting …
Naval Forces
U.S. Navy’s Laser Weapon System (LaWS) Will Deploy to Arabian Gulf
The U.S. Navy’s solid-state laser program is heating up. The research effort has resulted in recent successful tests with a …
Aegis Air Defense System at Thirty
It has been 30 years since the missile cruiser Ticonderoga first took the Aegis system to sea. In 1982, Aegis …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Responding to the Evolving Iranian Ballistic Missile Threat
The previous post examined Iran as a threat, while this post explores U.S. and regional responses to Iran’s rapidly evolving …
The P-8A Poseidon Adventure: Training, Transition, and Deployment
The P-8A Poseidon’s debut deployment will be to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa with detachments all over the western Pacific. …
Worldwide Missile Market: Land-Based Theater Missile Defense
Since the days of German V-2 missiles hitting London with impunity during World War II, nations have sought ways to …
The P-8A Poseidon Adventure: Flying and Fighting the Poseidon
While walking around the P-8A Poseidon on the ramp at Andrews, we asked VP-16 commanding officer Cmdr. Molly Boron how …
Boeing Reveals Updated F/A-XX Concept
Boeing is continuing to refine its concept for a next-generation F/A-XX advanced jet fighter to follow the present-day F-35 Lightning …
The P-8A Poseidon Adventure: Preparing for a First Deployment
By the time the parody-worthy screen thriller The Poseidon Adventure was released in 1972, the Navy’s P-3 Orion maritime patrol …
Skunk Works® UCLASS Concept Video
Lockheed Martin’s recently released video of its UCLASS capabilities and concept of operations.…