Science & Tech
The Navy is using robot ships to deter human smuggling out of Haiti
4th Fleet’s experiments with unmanned systems are a “game changer” for monitoring illicit activity, commander says
Policy
House passes $825B defense bill, racing the clock to avoid shutdown
Bill includes new money for ships, planes, ground combat vehicles, and AI.
Policy
Navy offers 2-option shipbuilding plan
One path shows the service's desired path; the other, a plan for no real growth in the Navy budget.
Ideas
China’s nascent railgun is just the tip of its shipboard R&D
Meet the lab working to equip PLAN warships with vast amounts of electrical power.
Business
F-35 finally approved for full-rate production, years late
The program has been stuck in its operational testing phase since 2018.
Ideas
The US is not serious about aircraft carriers—or their industrial base
Congress should reject the Navy’s plan to increase the gaps between new carriers.
Threats
US clears Ospreys to fly, with new maintenance plan and one enduring mystery
Each service has its own path to resume operations after a two-month grounding.
Ideas
Three ideas for countering China in the gray zone
The U.S. ought to pull a few new tools from its military-diplomatic-informational toolbox.
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