Naval Assets

In this article we provide a key overview on the Next Generation Combat Vehicles Program and what's next when it comes to advancing the mobility, lethality, and protection of our Army's current fleet.

Take a look into how Lt. Gen Bradley Heithold envisions the Department of Defense’s Directed Energy Roadmap coming together as current Principal Deputy Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluati...

The development of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) and tanks is on an "irreversible" track and will soon replace armoured vehicles driven by humans, according to a senior People's Liberation Army spea...

U.S. Navy Undersecretary Robert Work is leaving the post to become the CEO of the think tank the Center for New American Security. Mr. Work, who has been the coordinating the day-to-day managemen...

"I believe that our nation needs fast, austere and lethal expeditionary naval forces that can execute missions across the spectrum of conflict. The Navy-Marine Corps team is that key." (General Ja...

The U.S. Navy has decided not to deploy the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group to the Persian Gulf, cutting the number of aircraft carriers there from two to one. Pentagon spokesman George Littl...

The USS Guardian, a minesweeper that has been stranded on a reef off the coast of the Philippines for a week, may still be there in early February. The ship has suffered a number of breaches in th...

The Navy has drawn up revolutionary plans to win the global war on terror - from the depths of the sea. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has unveiled its vision of undersea pa...

Current efforts to train and hand over maritime control to the Iraqi navy are proving "very challenging and difficult," according to LT Marc Lawson, USN. LT Lawson explores this and other issues suc...

Michael Patrick Murphy was many things. He was a New Yorker (more specifically a Long Islander), a Naval Officer, a Penn State Nittany Lion, a war hero, a medal of honor recipient, and a Navy SEAL...

Col Bradley Weisz, Deputy Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2, talks to IDGA about BOLD ALLIGATOR 12, the biggest amphibious exercise in a decade. Col Weisz talks about highlights from the o...

Stephen Caldwell has almost 30 years of experience evaluating national security programs and is an internationally recognized expert on maritime security. As GAO’s Director for Maritime Securi...