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Thomson Reuters China has pursued numerous commercial and infrastructure deals around the world in recent years. Critics see this as a Chinese effort to extent its influence abroad. These financial maneuvers are a source of concern for many — including the head of the US Navy. China’s move to boost defense spending has sparked dismay […]
The US Navy boasts that it has deployed its first carrier-load of F-35B stealth attack planes to the Pacific Ocean. The USS Wasp departed Japan with an airworthy squadron of the super-expensive jets aboard. “Pairing F-35B Lightning IIs with the USS Wasp represents one of the most significant leaps in warfighting capability for the Navy-Marine […]
Shutterstock/Northfoto Gap Inc.’s sales grew in the fourth quarter thanks to strong sales at its Old Navy brand. Old Navy has become the parent company’s saving grace. While Gap Inc. has struggled in recent years, Old Navy has seen positive same-store sales growth for the past five years. The store has a cult following of price-conscious […]
Lockheed Martin The US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has announced the award of development contracts to five contenders for the FFG(X) program—a 20-ship class of “next-generation” guided-missile frigates intended to fill the gap in capabilities left by the retirement of the 1980s-era FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class and not quite filled by the […]
Ministry of Defence/Business Insider A World War II bomb was found near the runway of London City Airport on Sunday. The airport shut on Sunday and Monday, with hundreds of flights cancelled. The British Royal Navy dragged the bomb down the Thames overnight and plans to detonate it in the middle of the sea on […]
LA(PHOT) Brett Turner/MOD, OGL, A British warship will sail through the South China Sean next month to challenge Beijing’s claims to the international waters. The move is likely to stoke tensions with China, who have claimed the area and built military facitlities on artificial islands in the sea. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam […]
Enlarge / The Baden-Wurttemberg, listing slightly to starboard as usual, has been sent back to shipbuilders—refused by the German Navy. (credit: Ein Dahmer) The German Navy has a lot of problems right now. It has no working submarines, in part because of a chronic repair parts shortage. The Deutsche Marine is still flying helicopters older […]
US Navy The US Navy commissioned its newest littoral combat ship, the USS Omaha, on Saturday. Warren Buffett and his daughter were on hand for the ceremony. It’s the fourth US Navy ship to carry the name Omaha since 1869. The US Navy commissioned its newest warship, the USS Omaha, on Saturday. The futuristic, $ […]
Photos posted by a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) observer show what appears to be an electromagnetic railgun being affixed to a PLAN tank landing ship, the Haiyang Shan. The LST is being used to test the weapon because its tank deck can accommodate the containers for the gun’s control system and power supply, […]
DARPA has completed its part in the development of Sea Hunter, a submarine-hunting drone ship that can cross the open seas without a human crew for months at a time. It has officially handed over the ship’s development to its project partner, the Office of Naval Research, which has already begun fine-tuning the drone’s autonomous […]
