Brian O'Rourke

The Navy proposes shuttering multiple expeditionary aircraft squadrons starting in FY2023.

China’s naval air power has come a long way, but it has a long way to go.

Look to Amphibians in the western Pacific.

The Navy tests a containerized SM-6 on an unmanned ship.

The carrier air wing is undergoing a reevaluation, with the Navy considering many long-term changes.

Details begin to emerge on the V-BAT 128 unmanned aerial system.

The U.S. Coast Guard has made its first visit to the Black Sea since 2008.

The Miguel Keith is the third ship in the Lewis B. Puller class and the third to be commissioned as a warship.

Raytheon and the Marine Corps have tested the latest innovation in the Marine Corps’ effort to integrate antiship weapons into its arsenal—a driverless truck.

Last month, Need to Know recounted reports on USNI News and The War Zone that the Navy had ordered the deactivation of its Mk VI patrol boats, starting in February.

Unless Congress or the President directs otherwise, the Mk VI will soon sundown.

Lasers could be a secure answer to adversary attempts to deny communications.