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We now have a look at the Marine Corps' new uncrewed Tomahawk launch vehicle actually firing a missile.

Our First Look At Marines’ Tomahawk Missile Launching Drone Truck Firing

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 3, 2024
The Marine Corps is now flight testing a new secretive stand-off missile for its AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters.

Secretive Long Range Attack Missile For Marine AH-1s Is Now Being Flight Tested

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 3, 2024
The Navy needs more SM-3 surface to air missiles says Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro.

More SM-3 Interceptors Needed After Downing Iranian Ballistic Missiles: Navy Secretary

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 3, 2024
LHA-9

Navy Names Next Amphibious Assault Ship USS Helmand Province

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 2, 2024
The Marines' ACV is getting a big 30mm cannon.

Marines Poised To Get Their 30mm Cannon-Armed Amphibious Combat Vehicle

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 2, 2024
The future of the Harvest Hawk armament kits for Marine Corps KC-130J tanker/transport aircraft are increasingly uncertain as focus shifts to planning for future high-end conflicts.

Marine KC-130Js May Lose Their Missile-Firing Harvest Hawk Kits

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 1, 2024
Testing of DARPA's Manta Ray UUV

Manta Ray Underwater Drone Even More Enormous Than We Thought

By Oliver Parken
Posted on May 1, 2024
Marines Osprey

How The Marines Plan To Fly The MV-22 Osprey Into The 2060s

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 30, 2024
US Marine Corps units are set to begin receiving new Iron Dome and counter-drone systems next year as part of a larger air and missile defense push.

Marines To More Than Triple Size Of Air Defense Forces By 2029

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 30, 2024
The Kaman Corporation has announced the first flight of its KARGO UAV, a rotary-wing drone intended for autonomous, expeditionary resupply. The design is aimed for the U.S. Marine Corps, for which Kaman previously developed the K-MAX unmanned helicopter. The KARGO UAV is now competing in the Marines’ Medium Autonomous Resupply Vehicle — Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) program, with a winner due to be selected this summer.

Kaman’s Kargo Logistics Drone For The Marines Now In Flight Test

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 30, 2024
China’s latest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, appears poised to leave port to begin its first at-sea trials. The development comes soon after five aircraft mockups appeared on the deck of the flattop, as you can read about here. Once the Fujian goes to sea, it will mark a hugely important step in the development of China’s naval aviation, with the carrier being the first of its kind to be fully locally designed and also its first to launch aircraft via catapults rather than by a ‘ski jump’ takeoff ramp.

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Pulls Away From Its Pier Ahead Of Sea Trials

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 29, 2024
A US Marine Corps CH-53K recently carried the stripped-down hulk of an F-35C fighter from one base to another and refueled in mid-air along the way.

Check Out This Marine CH-53K Carrying An F-35C While Refueling From A KC-130T

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 26, 2024
The German Navy frigate Hessen has departed the Red Sea and is headed home.

German Frigate That Fought Off Houthi Drones Heads Home After 58 Days

By Howard Altman
Posted on Apr 22, 2024
Satellite imagery does now show any apparent damage to Russia's unique submarine rescue and deep-sea salvage ship Kommuna, one of the oldest military vessels in service in anywhere in the world.

Russia’s Historic Submarine Rescue Ship Looks Undamaged After Claimed Strike

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 22, 2024
Ancient Greece: Sea Battle - Coloured engraving by Heinrich Leutemann (1824-1905) - Bilder aus dem Altertume

How The Ancient Greeks Waged War On The High Seas

By Dr. Joanne Ball
Posted on Apr 18, 2024
Ghost Shark is being jointly developed and funded by a partnership between Defence and Anduril Australia, and will become Mission Zero (0) for the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA).

Australia’s Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine Breaks Cover

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 18, 2024
Mockups seen on the deck of the Chinese carrier Fujian

Deck Of China’s Nearly Complete Carrier Now Hosting Multiple Aircraft Mockups

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Apr 17, 2024
The US Navy has put in a rush order for five new Electronic Advanced Ground Launcher System Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (EAGLS C-UAS) to help defend U.S. forces in the Middle East.

Laser Rocket Anti-Drone Systems Being Rushed To U.S. Forces In The Middle East

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 15, 2024
A variety of US and other foreign military assets, including US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyers helped shoot down Iranian missiles and drones heading for targets in Israel.

Signs Point To Combat Debut Of Navy’s SM-3 Interceptor Against Iranian Ballistic Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 14, 2024
EASR Jack Lucas

The Latest On The SPY-6 Radar That’s Set To Dominate The Navy’s Future Fleet

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 12, 2024
Contested logistics in the pacific

To Meet Critical Pacific Logistics Needs, U.S. Navy To Lean On International Help

By Hope Hodge Seck
Posted on Apr 12, 2024
The French Navy frigate Alsace has returned from its operational deployment to the Red Sea, with its commander describing what he says is an unprecedented degree of threat against shipping from Houthi drone and missile attacks. The words of Captain Jérôme Henry highlight the challenge being faced in the Red Sea since October last year and also raise questions about the wider readiness of European navies involved in Aspides — the European Union’s naval task force created to protect commercial shipping in the region.

French Frigate Captain Describes Frenetic Red Sea Combat

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 12, 2024
The Navy is pushing ahead with work on a scalable electronic attack system for ships that cannot be fitted with the powerful, but massive AN/SLQ-32(V)7 electronic warfare suite.

Rush Is On To Give Smaller And Older Navy Ships Advanced Electronic Attack Capability

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 11, 2024
Concept art for DARPA's medium USV "NOMARS"

DARPA’s Defiant Fully Uncrewed Demonstrator Ship Will Hit The Seas Later This Year

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Apr 11, 2024
New AIM-9X configuration for the super hornet and growler.

F/A-18 Super Hornets Now Flying With Four AIM-9Xs From USS Eisenhower To Counter Drones

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 11, 2024
Navy's CCA vision

Navy’s Vision For Disposable Carrier-Based Loyal Wingman Drones Comes Into Focus

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 10, 2024
Cheap torpedo to augment the Mk48

Navy Wants A Cheap Heavy Torpedo That Can Be Stockpiled Fast

By Hope Hodge Seck
Posted on Apr 10, 2024
Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike

How To Satisfy The Navy’s Future Vertical Lift-Maritime Strike Needs With Bell’s Rob Freeland

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 9, 2024
The US Navy has cleared its EA-18G Growlers to carry AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles, and increased how many its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet can carry, decisions driven by Houthi drone things in and around the Red Sea.

Navy EA-18G Growlers Get AIM-9X, Super Hornets Can Now Carry More Sidewinders

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 9, 2024
The US Navy is looking to add RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles to the arsenals of most of its Arleigh Burke class destroyers, and is pushing ahead with other more substantial upgrades for those ships, too.

Rolling Airframe Missiles To Arm Arleigh Burke Destroyer Fleet

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 9, 2024
A missile is launched from the Sa'ar 6-class corvette during the series of live-fire tests of the naval version of its Iron Dome missile-defense system, called "C-Dome"at sea on February 21, 2022.

Israel’s Ship-Based Iron Dome Just Got Its First Combat Kill

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 9, 2024
Full-scale prototype of Northrop Grumman's Manta Ray

Manta Ray High-Endurance Underwater Drone Unveiled

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Apr 8, 2024
The first of 22 former Swiss F-5E/F Tiger II jets is now in the United States for the final phase of its conversion into an aggressor for the Navy and Marine Corps.

Marine KC-130 Delivers First Of New Batch Of Ex-Swiss F-5s Destined To Be Aggressors

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 5, 2024
Navy needs to introduce swarms to its warships now

The Compelling Case For Arming U.S. Navy Warships With Drone Swarms

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 4, 2024
The Royal Danish Navy’s recent woes are continuing, with the service today having declared a missile failure aboard one of its frigates, the Niels Juel, at a harbor in the Baltic Sea. As well forcing the closure of Denmark’s most important strait connecting the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the incident comes one day after the sacking of the head of the Danish Armed Forces, amid the fallout of weapons failures aboard another of its frigates, which was protecting Red Sea shipping against Houthi attacks.

Harpoon Missile Malfunction On Danish Frigate Closes Part Of Baltic Strait

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 4, 2024
The Navy and Lockheed Martin recently conducted a "historic" test in which four AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles were in flight simultaneously.

Four Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles Flew Together In “Historic” Test

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 4, 2024
Drone maker Kratos has disclosed the existence of work on an MQ-58B variant of its Valkyrie drone with electronic attack capabilities for the US Marine Corps.

MQ-58B Electronic Attack-Enabled Version Of Valkyrie Drone For USMC Revealed

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 3, 2024
The Danish Armed Forces say one of the country's frigates shot down four Houthi drones during a recent Red Sea deployment. However, other reports say that the ship also suffered serious problems while in the region.

Danish Frigate Suffered Radar, Combat System, Gun Problems During Red Sea Ops: Reports

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 3, 2024
The U.S. military is gearing up for the forthcoming retirement of another iconic aircraft type, with the last pilots now having graduated onto the AV-8B Harrier II attack jet. As we have explained in the past, the U.S. Marine Corps is pressing ahead with plans to remove the vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) aircraft from its inventory before the end of 2026, with this latest development a highly symbolic one within this process.

Last Marine Harrier Pilots Complete Training As AV-8B’s End Draws Near

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 2, 2024
The new radar for Japan's future cruiser-sized Aegis System Equipped Vessels has successfully tracked targets in space for the first time.

Radar For Japan’s New Missile Defense Ships Passes Critical Space Object Tracking Test

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 2, 2024
Eliat Sa'ar 6 drone attack.

Israel’s Most Advanced Warship Nearly Struck By Long-Range Attack Drone (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 1, 2024
The Navy has established a new forward-deployed MQ-4C detachment at NAS Sigonella in Italy.

MQ-4C Triton Has Arrived In Europe, Could Impact Black Sea, Red Sea Operations

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 1, 2024
SCALP-EG/Storm Shadow strikes Crimea

Ukraine Situation Report: UK MoD Says Two More Russian Ships Were Hit In Missile Raid

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Mar 29, 2024
Navy’s Rush To Test Microwave Weapons Tied To Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Fears

Navy’s Rush To Test Microwave Weapons Tied To Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Fears

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 29, 2024
VMX-1 getting MQ-9s

How Marine MQ-9s Will Adapt For A Pacific Fight, Pave Way For Future Drones

By James Deboer
Posted on Mar 28, 2024
Four U.S. sealift ships on call to support military operations are now stuck in Baltimore following the collapse of a bridge after it was struck by a container ship.

Two Of The Fastest U.S. Sealift Ships Trapped By Baltimore Bridge Collapse

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 27, 2024
The US Navy says that if it its budget for the Fiscal Year 2025 were to increase, one of the things it would want to spend that extra money on is accelerating development of an advanced decoy drone.

More Money For Flying Drone That Makes Missiles Think It’s A Warship On Navy Wishlist

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 26, 2024
The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed, Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard Leading Rescue Effort Following Baltimore Bridge Collapse (Updated)

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Mar 26, 2024
The UK Ministry of Defense has provided details about how it plans to test its new A21 nuclear warhead without actually detonating one.

How The U.K. Will Test Its New Nuclear Warhead Without Setting One Off

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 25, 2024
WWII-era battleship USS New Jersey pictured on the Delaware River for scheduled maintenance

Battleship New Jersey Leaves Her Pier For First Time In Over 30 Years

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Mar 21, 2024
A German Mk 88A Super Lynx helicopter piloted by German military service members flies over the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while participating in exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2020 in the Baltic Sea, June 8, 2020. BALTOPS is the premier annual maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, marking the 49th year of one of the largest exercises in Northern Europe enhancing flexibility and interoperability among allied and partner nations.

German Navy Helicopter Destroys Houthi Drone Boat

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 21, 2024
What looks to be a counter-drone armor screen has appeared on the conning tower of the Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarine Tula.

Russian Submarines Now Appear To Be Getting Anti-Drone “Cope Cages”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 21, 2024
A Houthi drone pictured by a French naval helicopter shortly before being shot down

French Navy Helicopter Intercepting Houthi Drone Seen In New Video

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Mar 20, 2024
A decoy that looks intended to help defend against drone attack and cruise missile strikes has appeared on a pier at a Russian Navy base in the Black Sea.

Submarine Decoy Appears On Russian Naval Base Pier

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 20, 2024
Drone kill marks on F/A-18E Super Hornet from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

Navy Super Hornets Are Now Wearing Houthi Drone Kill Marks

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Mar 19, 2024
The Indian Navy’s two MiG-29K/KUB squadrons, INAS 300 “White Tigers” and INAS 303 “Black Panthers” embarked the carriers during Exercise Milan 2024.

India Conducted Dual Aircraft Carrier Drills For The First Time

By Angad Singh
Posted on Mar 18, 2024
The US Air Force has confirmed a spate of drone incursions occurred at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia in December 2023.

Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB For Weeks

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Mar 15, 2024
The Netherlands will buy four new conventionally powered submarines from France, to replace its Cold War-era Walrus class and to contribute to a new-look defense posture in which long-range conventional strike capabilities are given new importance.

Dutch Choose French Design For New Tomahawk-Armed Submarines

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 15, 2024
Marines learn to operate from a highway in California during Exercise Obsidian Iceberg

How F-35s Deployed To A Narrow Highway In California

By James Deboer
Posted on Mar 14, 2024
F-35Bs are armed on a flight line

F-35 Cleared For Full-Rate Production 17 Years After Its First Flight

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 13, 2024
CIWS costs $3,500 in ammo a second to fire

Phalanx CIWS Costs $3,500 Per Second In Ammo To Fire

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 13, 2024
Replenishing Missiles Used To Down Houthi Threats Will Require Extra Funding

Replenishing Missiles Used To Down Houthi Threats Will Require Extra Funding

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 12, 2024
The proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budgets for the US Air Force and US Navy contain significant developments for their respective sixth-generation combat jet programs.

USAF Seeks NGAD Fighter Boost, Navy F/A-XX Investment Slows In New Budget

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 12, 2024
US and allied forces shot down at least 28 drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen today.

Red Sea Turkey Shoot: Allied Warships Down Dozens Of Drones Within Hours

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Mar 10, 2024