The Pentagon’s research infrastructure is ‘deteriorating,’ study finds
The research infrastructure that underpins America’s prowess in defense technology is “deteriorating,” according to a Department of Defense report released Wednesday. One reason is that research funds are being diverted to operations. The Pentagon’s “research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) infrastructure is deteriorating and weakening the Department’s ability to maintain a technica...[Read More]
U.S. Navy Announces USS Nimitz to Join International Naval Review 250 in New York City
NEW YORK CITY (June 25, 2026) – The U.S. Navy announced today the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) will participate in the International Naval Review (INR) 250 in New York City, July 3-8, 2026.
DoD scraps plan to privatize commissaries
Defense officials won’t be handing off the operation of commissaries to the private sector, DoD’s top personnel official said Wednesday. “We learned and found that there was nobody interested in taking a 24% haircut right out of the gate,” in order to provide the 24% saving for military customers, said Anthony Tata, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Tata spoke during a Wednes...[Read More]
Incoming female students at US Naval Academy must cut hair below chin
The U.S. Naval Academy is returning to grooming standards it last instituted before 2018, the school announced. Incoming female students for the class of 2030 will have to chop their hair so that it does not exceed their chin, a standard the the academy abided by until 2019 when it only required students to follow Navy-wide grooming standards for female recruits. “Returning to a short haircut for ...[Read More]
Seven sailors injured during fire aboard USS Indianapolis
Seven crew members aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis received minor injuries after a fire broke out on the ship Wednesday, the service confirmed. The incident was reported at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time while the ship was moored at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Mayport Fire and Emergency Services responded to the scene immediately and extinguished the fire. “T...[Read More]
House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye
The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead. The maneuver surfaced in a Wednesday report accompanying the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2027 defense bill, and it runs on money the White House went looking for a week earlier. In a June 17 budget amendment to House Speaker Mike Johnson, ...[Read More]
NASA Astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover Returns to NPS to Share Experiences, Engage Students
On June 16, just over two months after buzzing 4,067 miles above the Moon’s far side and breaking Apollo 13’s distance-from-Earth record, U.S. Navy captain and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover returned to the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).
International Visitors Welcome Tall Ships to SAIL 250 Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Md. (June 24, 2026)— As tall ships from around the world arrived in Baltimore Harbor for SAIL250 Maryland, the event offered more than a display of maritime tradition. For visitors and sailors alike, it became an opportunity to celebrate heritage, strengthen international friendships, and reflect on the enduring connections forged at sea.
Trump meets munitions makers amid push to replenish weapons stockpiles
U.S. President Donald Trump met with munitions makers at the White House on Wednesday as his administration pushes to expand weapons production after military operations in Iran and other conflicts drew down U.S. stockpiles. The United States has supplied large quantities of weapons to allies while also using munitions in its own military operations, raising concerns about inventories of key air-d...[Read More]
Missing sailor found dead near Naval Station Norfolk
A U.S. sailor who was reported missing in mid-June was discovered dead on Friday in the water near the piers on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, the service confirmed. Engineman Fireman Apprentice Isaac Benjamin Norris, 22, was assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman and was last seen on Naval Station Norfolk on June 14. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service did not announce a cause of death. “NCIS...[Read More]
F-35 program chief warns fleet has outgrown its support system amid record-low readiness
The F-35’s program chief conceded to senators Tuesday that the fighter has outgrown the system built to support it, weeks after a GAO report put readiness at the lowest level on record. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Gregory Masiello, who took over the F-35 Joint Program Office last July, testified before an open session of the Airland Subcommittee as the program defends a fiscal 2027 request that bundles ...[Read More]
Airstrike killed senior ISIS commander in Syria, CENTCOM says
A senior Islamic State leader was killed by an airstrike last week, Central Command announced on Wednesday, as the region grapples with a fraught security landscape amid U.S. base closures in Syria and the escape of ISIS personnel from detainment. Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi was killed in a precision airstrike on June 19 as part of the U.S.’s ongoing campaign to eradicate the militant group, the command ...[Read More]