surface warfare

The service wants the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel to back up grunts in the Indo-Pacific region.

“We look to large and energetic hypersonic missiles to remind those adversaries that no target is out of range."

A fundamental propulsion issue might end up lending the LCS a new nickname: floating garbage pile.

The Navy's stealthy new USS Zumwalt destroyer has successfully pulled off the first live-fire test of its unique vertical launch system with a Standard Missile (SM-2)

Of all the new weapons in China's modern, ever-growing military arsenal, few have gotten as much attention as its aircraft carriers

The 19-foot mini tugboats actually play an important role protecting their larger siblings

Few weapons have made an impact on warfare like the aircraft carrier

The Defense Department may be cracking down on unusual banners within the ranks, but at least one guided missile destroyer seems intent on letting its freak flag fly

China has an edge over the United States in shipbuilding, and it could give the country an advantage in a protracted conflict in which both sides see heavy losses at sea

Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise sink the decommissioned amphibious cargo ship ex-USS Durham (LKA 114) on August 30, 2020

Three years after two of the most shocking peacetime accidents in the history of the U.S. military, the surface community has seen little substantive change, and surface warfare officers still lack the formal training required of professional mariners

A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mini-collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean, a Greek defense source said, describing it as an "accident"

Iran's 'Great Prophet 14' military exercise included rocket and missile launches, anti-aircraft fire, drone attacks, and ship maneuvers, culminating in an attack a barge designed to look like a U.S. Nimitz-class carrier

A new “Marine Littoral Regiment” coming to Hawaii — the first of its kind in the Marine Corps — represents a major shift for the service in the “great power” competition playing out in the Western Pacific and preparation for a high-tech missile war in the region

The Navy awarded the long-awaited contract for its future guided-missile frigate, the FFG(X) class, at the end of April, but analysis of the service's projections for the ships' building cost indicates that problems may be in store

The Navy on Thursday awarded a much-anticipated $795 million contract to a Wisconsin-based shipbuilder to begin production on the first of the service's next-generation small-surface combatants

More than three years after the $7.8 billion USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) was first commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland, the Navy has finally accepted delivery of the new surface combatant

After years of troubled development, the Navy's much-hyped electromagnetic railgun appears stuck in research limbo, according to budget documents reviewed by Task & Purpose

It's been nearly four years since the $7.8 billion USS Zumwalt was first commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland in October 2016, but the Navy's first stealth destroyer is almost finally ready to actually see combat

The Navy and U.S. Special Operations Command conducted a first-of-its-kind exercise last week: tasking the beloved AC-130 gunship to seek out and destroy small surface threats in the Arabian Sea.

The U.S. Marine Corps says it needs ground-launched missiles that can seek out and eliminate enemy ships sailing in contested waterways

The U.S. Navy may not buy any more Ford-class aircraft carriers, the Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly recently said

Convoys are nothing new for the Navy, but it's something the service hasn't focused on since World War II

In a break from the norm, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its strike group deployed immediately after completing a final certification exercise instead of first returning to the carrier's home port

The Marine Corps wants to overhaul its force to prepare to be more dispersed and more flexible to deter and, if need be, take on China's growing military in the Pacific