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At RIMPAC 2022, new efforts to boost sustainability, lethality of combined force in the Pacific
RIMPAC 2022 is trying out new gear and operations to create a more lethal force that can sustain itself in a high-end fight.
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Navy moves to align its strategy with National Defense Strategy priorities
The CNO’s updated Navigation Plan is quite similar to last year’s original plan — but it intentionally couches Navy priorities and capabilities in the terms of the new National Defense Strategy, to make a stronger case for Pentagon funding.
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Eastern Shipbuilding protests Coast Guard award of cutter contract to Austal
Eastern Shipbuilding Group is protesting the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to give Austal USA the next phase of the Offshore Patrol Cutter program that ESG first won in 2016.
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American MV-22 Ospreys move to Australian ship for RIMPAC exercise
Australian amphibious ship Canberra is working through integration issues with as many kinds of foreign aircraft as it can — including taking the unprecedented step of embarking a pair of U.S. MV-22 Ospreys for three weeks during RIMPAC 2022.
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Two sailors injured after engine room fire starts on Peruvian ship during Pacific exercise
A ship participating in the RIMPAC 2022 exercise experienced an engine room fire, and two sailors were flown ashore for medical treatment.
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Navy’s Atlantic fleet mulling new, high-readiness force
Most of the Navy’s ready ships support joint force deployments. U.S. Fleet Forces Command has some ideas for how to generate readiness the Navy can keep for its own priorities.
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Council tests out-of-the-box ideas to boost at-sea safety
After two catastrophic collisions in 2017, the U.S. Navy moved forward with dozens of recommendations meant to ensure it couldn’t happen again. But during this process, something became clear: Despite spending billions of dollars on readiness initiatives, the Navy’s mishap rate hadn’t improved in the last 30 years.
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US Navy officials say Pacific exercise is not aimed at China, but it zeroes in on defending Taiwan
The Navy makes clear RIMPAC is never aimed at any specific country. But RIMPAC 2022 focuses on all the same skillsets that would be useful if China were to attack Taiwan, the head of the Pacific Fleet acknowledged.
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Six questions with the head of US Fleet Forces Command
“If you can envision a Venn diagram of all the Navy’s current problems and give a reason for those, at the center of that Venn diagram would be maintenance.”
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At RIMPAC 2022, new efforts to boost sustainability, lethality of combined force in the Pacific
RIMPAC 2022 is trying out new gear and operations to create a more lethal force that can sustain itself in a high-end fight.
-
Navy moves to align its strategy with National Defense Strategy priorities
The CNO’s updated Navigation Plan is quite similar to last year’s original plan — but it intentionally couches Navy priorities and capabilities in the terms of the new National Defense Strategy, to make a stronger case for Pentagon funding.
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Eastern Shipbuilding protests Coast Guard award of cutter contract to Austal
Eastern Shipbuilding Group is protesting the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to give Austal USA the next phase of the Offshore Patrol Cutter program that ESG first won in 2016.
-
American MV-22 Ospreys move to Australian ship for RIMPAC exercise
Australian amphibious ship Canberra is working through integration issues with as many kinds of foreign aircraft as it can — including taking the unprecedented step of embarking a pair of U.S. MV-22 Ospreys for three weeks during RIMPAC 2022.
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Two sailors injured after engine room fire starts on Peruvian ship during Pacific exercise
A ship participating in the RIMPAC 2022 exercise experienced an engine room fire, and two sailors were flown ashore for medical treatment.
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Navy’s Atlantic fleet mulling new, high-readiness force
Most of the Navy’s ready ships support joint force deployments. U.S. Fleet Forces Command has some ideas for how to generate readiness the Navy can keep for its own priorities.
-
Council tests out-of-the-box ideas to boost at-sea safety
After two catastrophic collisions in 2017, the U.S. Navy moved forward with dozens of recommendations meant to ensure it couldn’t happen again. But during this process, something became clear: Despite spending billions of dollars on readiness initiatives, the Navy’s mishap rate hadn’t improved in the last 30 years.
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US Navy officials say Pacific exercise is not aimed at China, but it zeroes in on defending Taiwan
The Navy makes clear RIMPAC is never aimed at any specific country. But RIMPAC 2022 focuses on all the same skillsets that would be useful if China were to attack Taiwan, the head of the Pacific Fleet acknowledged.
-
Six questions with the head of US Fleet Forces Command
“If you can envision a Venn diagram of all the Navy’s current problems and give a reason for those, at the center of that Venn diagram would be maintenance.”
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At RIMPAC 2022, new efforts to boost sustainability, lethality of combined force in the Pacific
RIMPAC 2022 is trying out new gear and operations to create a more lethal force that can sustain itself in a high-end fight.
-
Navy moves to align its strategy with National Defense Strategy priorities
The CNO’s updated Navigation Plan is quite similar to last year’s original plan — but it intentionally couches Navy priorities and capabilities in the terms of the new National Defense Strategy, to make a stronger case for Pentagon funding.
-
Eastern Shipbuilding protests Coast Guard award of cutter contract to Austal
Eastern Shipbuilding Group is protesting the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to give Austal USA the next phase of the Offshore Patrol Cutter program that ESG first won in 2016.
-
American MV-22 Ospreys move to Australian ship for RIMPAC exercise
Australian amphibious ship Canberra is working through integration issues with as many kinds of foreign aircraft as it can — including taking the unprecedented step of embarking a pair of U.S. MV-22 Ospreys for three weeks during RIMPAC 2022.
-
Two sailors injured after engine room fire starts on Peruvian ship during Pacific exercise
A ship participating in the RIMPAC 2022 exercise experienced an engine room fire, and two sailors were flown ashore for medical treatment.
-
Navy’s Atlantic fleet mulling new, high-readiness force
Most of the Navy’s ready ships support joint force deployments. U.S. Fleet Forces Command has some ideas for how to generate readiness the Navy can keep for its own priorities.
-
Council tests out-of-the-box ideas to boost at-sea safety
After two catastrophic collisions in 2017, the U.S. Navy moved forward with dozens of recommendations meant to ensure it couldn’t happen again. But during this process, something became clear: Despite spending billions of dollars on readiness initiatives, the Navy’s mishap rate hadn’t improved in the last 30 years.
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US Navy officials say Pacific exercise is not aimed at China, but it zeroes in on defending Taiwan
The Navy makes clear RIMPAC is never aimed at any specific country. But RIMPAC 2022 focuses on all the same skillsets that would be useful if China were to attack Taiwan, the head of the Pacific Fleet acknowledged.
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Six questions with the head of US Fleet Forces Command
“If you can envision a Venn diagram of all the Navy’s current problems and give a reason for those, at the center of that Venn diagram would be maintenance.”
