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Navy Adm. Brad Cooper will take over for U.S. Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, who led Operation Rough Rider and Midnight Hammer at U.S. CENTCOM.
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Two Chinese military vessels collide in South China Sea
A China Coast Guard vessel accidentally crushed the front of a People’s Liberation Army Navy ship while chasing a Philippine Coast Guard vessel.

As new NATO command becomes fully operational, top US military officer issues warning over ‘great power war’
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, says Joint Force Command Norfolk and NATO are responsible for ensuring another world war never happens.

US Navy, Pentagon to test large unmanned ships as program winds down
The U.S. Navy and the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office are making the most of the remaining months of their partnership on the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel program, taking lessons learned from two recent voyages across the Panama Canal and upping the ante by putting these USVs into fleet exercises and operations.

Navy secretary nominee supports expanding fleet, but says more money is needed
If confirmed, Carlos Del Toro would be the second Hispanic ever to serve as Navy secretary.

Here are the ships the Navy wants to inactivate in fiscal 2022
The final list will be dictated by the defense bill lawmakers pass in the coming months.

House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”

British warship to get a boost in firepower with new missile
The investment in Type 45 lethality improvements comes to $692 million), the government says.

On fleet size, Congress should listen to the Navy’s leaders, not its planning documents
“If we’re going to pace the adversary, we need to have a bigger Navy,” Navy Vice Adm. James Kilby told senators.

Turkey to make its own maritime missile-launching system after sanctions interrupt Lockheed plans
Turkish defense company Roketsan is to develop a vertical launching system for the country’s first locally made frigate, after American sanctions disrupted original procurement plans, said naval platforms acquisition official Alper Kose.

Italian Navy aircraft carrier to get first F-35B ‘within a few days’
The Navy previously took delivery of two other F-35Bs, which were sent to the U.S. to join a training program for pilots and technical personnel.
