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Our risk-averse bureaucracy creates a more ponderous and Byzantine system, leading to increased delays and higher program costs.

The Type 26 frigates, also known as the City-class frigates, are a series of new multirole warships being built for the UK Royal Navy.

Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) were supposed to have enhanced the U.S. Navy's ability to engage smaller targets with a range of mission-oriented weapons packages.

The difference between a natural disaster and a disaster caused by politicians is that the latter will almost always hit the poor and the obscure most heavily, while a hurricane or a flood will at least sometimes spread the suffering more evenly. As the “sequester” unfolds in Washington, we see this same old pattern holding…

The Littoral Combat Ships have been referred to as complete failures by some industry experts. Some of these vessels are now being retired. 

In May 2021 the US State Department approved the possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of the AEGIS combat system for a cost of $1.7bn.

Ships and aircraft assigned to Florida Navy installations in the path of Tropical Storm Idalia will start sortieing today in preparation for the storm’s landfall. Idalia is heading north from the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to turn east and cross over Florida and Georgia in the vicinity of Naval Station Mayport, Fla., and […]

The CSC design features an advanced power system in a combined diesel-electric or gas-turbine propulsion (CODLOG) arrangement...

Military contracting news for 2023 May 18 - Publisher: Defense Industry Daily