Being able to appear hidden through a low and balanced signature, with the help of so-called stealth technology, is a basic characteristic of a submarine. Here, the new submarine A26 will be far ahead.

“A submarine is built so that it will not be visible from the surface. And if you have taken th…

US Navy Adds Destroyer to Naval Forces in Japan

USS Ralph Johnson Joins Forward-Deployed Naval Forces Japan

(Source: US Navy; issued Oct 04, 2021)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) arrived Oct. 4 to their new forward-deployed location in Yokos…

Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is a force structure recapitalization effort to design and procure a family of rotary-wing platforms capable of operations in future highly contested envi­ronments. The Army’s FVL is the leading edge of an effort that has identified the need for a rotary-wing Family of Sys…

OKINAWA, Japan — U.S. Marines and Sailors from across III Marine Expeditionary Force and elements of U.S. 7th Fleet executed Noble Jaguar, an integrated naval exercise in and around Japan, Sept. 27-31, 2021.

While closely monitoring simulated adversary activities, these forces received the orde…

BATH, Maine — The christening of the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) took place on 2 October 2021 at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. DDG 120 is the fifth (of nine) Arleigh Burke-class, “Flight IIA: Technology Insertion” variant for the U.S. Navy.

The ship’s name…

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. –– The Navy’s Aerial Target program office (PMA-208) recently completed three back-to-back test flights with its newest subsonic aerial target, BQM-177A, in preparation for Full Operational Capability (FOC) this year.

The Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Detachment-Far E…