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The U.S. Department of Defenses strategic sealift plans have relied heavily on foreign-built, U.S.-f...

The Justice Department and American President Lines this week restated their positions that a lawsuit filed by Matson Navigation Company is nearly identical to a failed lawsuit by Matson and

By   Justin Katz on July 27, 2021 at 3:06 PM USS Stethem (DDG 63) steams through the western Pacific Ocean. (File) WASHINGTON: House authorizers are poised to grant the Navy eight battle force ships in their annual defense policy bill, including a second destroyer originally cut from the budget request — but committee aides caution that the Navy should stop banking on Congress to save big ticket items that end up on the annual service wish lists. The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is marking up its version of the annual defense policy bill this week, with the seapower and projecti...

June 4, 2021 By Jim Myers Washington, D.C.—The Biden administration has proposed a 12.9 percent funding cut for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works program, prompting pushback from an influential Democratic ally. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, expressed reservations during a hearing held several days before the official release of the administration’s full budget. “We’re making progress in the request, but it is...

The Joint Warfighting Concept will "envision much smaller force elements that are inherently reliant on very rapid mobility" within a theater, says TRANSCOM head Gen. Stephen Lyons.