In an era of renewed great power competition, China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has become the top focus of U.S. defense planning and budgeting.

China’s navy, which China has been steadily modernizing for more than 25 years, since the early to mid-1…

With more than 500 Eurofighters delivered to date and 500,000-plus flight hours logged worldwide, this swing-role combat aircraft’s future is brighter than ever – backed by a slate of new-generation enhancements currently under development and planned in the years to come.

Production of the twin-…

The Navy’s Large Surface Combatant (LSC) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation cruisers or destroyers to replace the Navy’s aging Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers.

The Navy wants to procure the first LSC around FY2028, although that date could change. The Navy’s proposed…

According to studies by the Department of Defense (DOD) and others, near-peer adversaries China and Russia are aware of the importance of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) and have taken steps to improve their capabilities to threaten DOD’s ability to use and control the EMS.

China is taking st…

The nuclear attack submarine (SSN) Perle left the Toulon naval base on Thursday, December 10, 2020, to be transported to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin aboard the specialized semi-submersible charter ship Rolldock Storm.

This large-scale operation is the first step in the repair process for the Perle, aft…

President-elect Joe Biden promises the “most ethically rigorous administration in American history,” according to a spokesman. But with the nomination of retired general and Raytheon board member General Lloyd Austin III as secretary of defense, the strength of that promise is quickly faltering. And…