Source: United States Navy
When it’s time for Marine Corps C-130 transport aircraft to undergo advanced scheduled maintenance, squadrons have two options: have the airplane go to a depot, or have a depot come to the airplane.
Defense News in Brief: Navy Medicine and Defense Partners Deliver Urgent Support to Guantanamo Bay
Source: United States Navy
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Navy Medicine commands and partners responded to an urgent requirement request from U.S. Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sept. 19, delivering critical surgical equipment and expertise that bolstered medical readiness across the Fleet and Joint Force.
Defense News in Brief: U.S. Navy Receives Spain’s Premio Especial de la Armada, Praises Decades of Trust and Cooperation
Source: United States Navy
MADRID, Spain – Adm. Stuart B. Munsch, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR/NAVAF), accepted the Armada Española’s Premio Especial de la Armada award on behalf of the United States Navy during a ceremony in Madrid, Spain, Sept. 25, 2025.
Defense News in Brief: CARAT Timor-Leste 2025 Concludes
Source: United States Navy
DILI, Timor-Leste — The U.S. Navy and Timor-Leste Defense Forces (F-FDTL), also known as Falintil-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), concluded CARAT Timor-Leste 2025, Sept. 26, after a weeklong exchange of expertise, training scenarios, and relationship-building activities in Dili.
Defense News in Brief: Exercising at scale: What we’re learning
Source: United States Airforce
The DAF has been investing in its readiness and training with more sophisticated operational exercises, changes to enhance the rapid deployment of forces, and the regular exercise of mission command.
Defense News in Brief: CTF-66 showcases RAS capabilities with partners in Portugal-led unmanned systems demonstration during REPMUS/Dynamic Messenger 2025
Source: United States Navy
Commander, Task Force (CTF) 66 conducted a live robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) demonstration with Allies and partners during the experimentation exercise Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems (REPMUS) / Dynamic Messenger 2025, in Troia, Portugal, Sept. 25, 2025.
Defense News in Brief: U.S. Navy to Christen Future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr.
Source: United States Navy
BATH, Maine — The U.S. Navy will christen the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), during a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on Saturday, September 27, at 10:30 a.m. (EST).BATH, Maine — The U.S. Navy will christen the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), during a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on Saturday, September 27, at 10:30 a.m. (EST).
Defense News in Brief: Pacific Air Forces commander emphasizes importance of C2 to operate at scale in the Pacific
Source: United States Airforce
The commander of Pacific Air Forces highlighted the importance of command and control during a panel discussion at the Air and Space Forces Association’s annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Sept. 24, 2025.
Defense News in Brief: AFA 2025: COMAMC emphasizes mobility force contributions, initiatives to maximize effectiveness in contested environments
Source: United States Airforce
Gen. Johnny Lamontagne, commander of Air Mobility Command, participated in a panel focused on the topic of “Exercising at Scale: What We’re Learning” at Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
Defense News in Brief: Space test program continues to expand, astronaut inspires future space test leaders
Source: United States Airforce
The Space Test Engineering graduate certificate is set to become a full master’s degree concentration, producing expert test leaders capable of developing and validating advanced space-based capabilities essential to maintaining the U.S.’s strategic advantage.