DefenceTalkDefenceTalkIn December 2016, the Navy released a force-structure goal that calls for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 355 ships of certain types and numbers. The 355-ship goal was made U.S. policy by Section 1025 of the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2810/P.L. 115-91 of December 12, 2017). The Trump Administration has identified the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-force-structure-and-shipbuilding-plans-background-and-issues-for-congress-76343/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon has moved one step closer toward its goal of creating an unmanned, autonomous patrol ship. Set to drift in the high seas, the robotic Sea Hunter will silently follow potentially hostile submarines. In 1872, British sailors spotted the Mary Celeste off the coast of the Azores. With a single lifeboat missing, but no […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-launches-submarine-tracking-unmanned-ghost-ships-63931/