Poland, Baltic states eye new submarines, attack boats to deter Russia
Talks continue, but Polish defense-acquisition officials have deemed three submarine vendors as front runners.
Naval
Keel laid for guided-missile destroyer USS Quentin Walsh
The ship's namesake, U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Quentin Walsh, helped plan the capture of Cherbourg in the days leading up to D-Day during World War II.
A third of New Zealand’s Navy ships are docked over lack of crew
The 279-foot offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington is now the third ship to enter a period of idleness.
White House steps in as Navy, Pentagon feud over amphibious ship study
An official has described to Defense News a standoff between the Navy and the Pentagon, and how the White House had to play arbitrator.
US Navy secretary talks drones, fleet size and South American security
What's weighing on the service for the new year? Carlos Del Toro discusses what's top of mind.
Project Overmatch: US Navy preps to deploy secretive multidomain tech
The fielding of Project Overmatch will arguably be the Navy’s most important work in 2023.
IISS analyst: How Mideast, North Africa can improve local defense biz
Superior air and maritime platforms will continue to be the region’s preference.
Ukraine war ‘validates’ key principles of new Marine unit in Pacific
Gen. Berger believes early lessons from Ukraine are theater-agnostic and support much of what the new 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment is creating in Hawaii.
Marines’ updated amphibious concept calls for disruptive technologies
The updated amphibious operations concept accounts for anti-access weapons and calls for unmanned and AI tools to help U.S. naval forces.
UK Navy to take drone-teaming operations underwater with new submarine
Officials hope to gain operational advantages for securing the ocean floors by pairing submarines and unmanned undersea vessels.
Watch Israel test its anti-missile Barak weapon at sea
The defense system is key to protecting Israel’s four Sa’ar 6 corvettes that the country recently received and deployed.
