The Biden administration has nominated Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney to serve as the next assistant Marine Corps commandant, according to a Tuesday announcement.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Sunday, April 28, 2024
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The Biden administration has nominated Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney to serve as the next assistant Marine Corps commandant, according to a Tuesday announcement.
The Navy and Marine Corps are gearing up for a large-scale exercise that will test their ability to synchronize global operations, from fleetwide maneuvers down to the individual actions of sailors and Marines, through a mix of live and virtual training.
The Senate approved an amendment to its defense policy bill aiming to boost “Buy America” requirements for Navy shipbuilding by mandating that certain components of naval vessels and auxiliary ships be produced by the United States technology and industrial base.
A senior Pentagon official is pushing back on the categorization of delayed weapons deliveries to Taiwan as a "backlog," instead saying the roughly $19 billion list of undelivered military aid is the result of systemic problems within the U.S. defense industrial base.
The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is calling for an "increased sense of urgency" in the delivery of deterrent capabilities to the Pacific theater to counter China's buildup of military capabilities, including hypersonic and nuclear weapons.
House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (R-VA) today urged the accelerated adoption of autonomous systems and underscored a provision in the House's defense policy bill that would stand up a new Pentagon office to pursue this goal.
The Navy has its sights set on the next phase of a developing hypersonic weapons program, targeting early fiscal year 2024 to launch a contract competition for the effort's engineering and manufacturing development phase.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has advanced a legislative proposal that, if approved, would authorize the United States to transfer Virginia-class submarines to Australia and enable greater collaboration between the nations to implement the AUKUS security agreement.
Lawmakers plan to shape the execution of the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the U.K. and United States through legislative provisions within the defense policy bills currently working their way through Congress, with Senate authorizers aiming to stand up a new Pentagon position to coordinate the budding initiative and both chambers seeking greater oversight.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's defense policy bill aims to limit the Navy's use of certain funds until the sea service delivers a 30-year shipbuilding plan that maintains a minimum of 31 amphibious warships.
At a relinquishment of office ceremony today, Gen. David Berger officially ended his four-year tenure as the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps, passing the torch to Assistant Commandant Gen. Eric Smith who will serve as 'acting commandant' until Congress confirms a new service leader.
The Marine Corps is fine-tuning a prototype air defense capability and looking to procure larger quantities of the system’s interceptor missiles ahead of a September 2024 quick-reaction assessment that could clear the program to enter procurement in fiscal year 2025.
The Marine Corps has extended the prototype testing phase for its future Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle, claiming at least three additional months to evaluate prototypes from three companies vying to produce a platform that will support the service's mobile reconnaissance battalions into the future.
As the Marine Corps continues to develop and procure the Amphibious Combat Vehicle family, the service is focused on improving training for vehicle operators and tackling key readiness drivers including the ACV's shocks and central tire inflation system.
The Marine Corps is beginning low-rate initial production of a mobile air defense capability following a milestone C decision, advancing the service's efforts to mature a growing portfolio of ground-based air defense systems.
Ingalls Shipbuilding today delivered the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class warship, the Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125), to the Navy, marking an important milestone for the newest variant of the Navy's workhorse destroyer line.
There is room for additional international allies and partners to collaborate on the second pillar of the trilateral AUKUS agreement, which aims to develop and field emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and unmanned systems, according to the Navy's top-ranking officer.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the defense policy bill would support procurement of 10 ships including a new amphibious transport dock and establish an official nuclear sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) program of record.
The House Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill that would create an official program of record for nuclear sea-launched cruise missile development.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has declined a request from a group of Senate Armed Services Committee members who asked the service to produce an updated shipbuilding plan that ensures an amphibious warship fleet of at least 31 vessels.