Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

The latest naval warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

The future of the F-35 is adaptive

Presented by GE

GE's XA100, the first ever flight-weight, three-stream adaptive cycle engine. It will begin Phase 2 tests at the U.S. Air Force's advanced testing facilities in January 2022. Learn more.

Marines' Berger sidelines AAV from waterborne ops despite improvements The suspension comes months after an investigation into an accident that left eight Marines and one sailor dead.

NDAA passes Senate at $740 billion; heads to Biden's desk The legislation includes funding increases for deterrence initiatives in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, and approves Air Force efforts to divest of some legacy aircraft.

Navy starts building hub for surface, subsurface drones The new facility will house the most high-profile, upcoming unmanned maritime systems.

Biden taps Senate staffer for Navy No. 2 civilian job President Joe Biden also announced Kristyn Jones as his nominee to become the Air Force comptroller.

Resolute Dragon: US Marine-Japanese exercise is a precursor to 2022 Indo-Pacific event Resolute Dragon 2021 is one of the largest joint military exercises conducted between the US and Japan, and directly influences the Pacific-wide Exercise Keen Edge.

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