The Department of Defense has introduced a pilot program to facilitate the deployment of microelectronic prototypes developed through the State-of-the-art Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging initiative, Inside Defense reported Monday. The Stimulating Transition for
MorePresident Donald Trump has said he estimates the defense budget to be $700B for fiscal 2020, Stars and Stripes reported Wednesday. The figure reflects a drop of more than 2 percent from
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Thomas Dee, acting U.S. Navy undersecretary, has said the service will take until 2050s to execute its plan to increase its combat fleet to 355 ships, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. âWe may want
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The U.S. Navy has transported its newest oceanographic survey vessel to Port Everglades near Florida to its construction site Pascagoula, Mississippi in the ship’s first voyage. The Naval Oceanographic Officeâs civilian survey detachment assessed USNS
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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has told lawmakers the branch will not have enough money to modernize its cruisers within a two-year timeline the House Armed Services Committee’s proposed budget mandates, Breaking Defense
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The U.S., India and Japan will commence a six-day naval fleet exercise in the Pacific on Friday in a move to bolster the three nationsâ military ties, Agence France Presse reported Thursday.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research will work together to build mobile launch and recovery sites for unmanned aerial systems by using small vessels, PCB Design reported
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The first of four U.S. Navy ships destined for NATOâs ballistic missile defense fleet reached Spain on Tuesday. The USS Donald Cook, a naval destroyer that is equipped with the Aegis combat
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China has begun building its second aircraft carrier, Agence France-Presse reported Sunday. Construction of the carrier in the northeastern port of Dalian will take six years, the report says. Wang Min, Communist
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The Department of the Navy plans to produce more than 50 percent of its jet fuel for ships from alternative sources by 2020 as part of efforts to achieve renewable energy goals,
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