Make American Shipbuilding Great Again—Cut Tariffs For U.S.-Built Ships

The ICE Pact And New Icebreakers Offers Trump Quick Wins

U.S. Coast Guard Aviation, Facing Crisis, Rethinks Strategy

U.S. Coast Guard Cuts MH-60T Jayhawk Service Life, Grounds Helicopters

Ambitious Goals Will Help The New Maritime ICE Pact Come Alive: A "moonshot" goal for the collaborative U.S./Canada/Finland ICE Pact makes strategic sense. Democratic Navies and Coast Guards will benefit from the new energy.

America’s Coast Guard Marches North With A Big New Alaskan Base: In response to aggressive maritime claims and repeated Chinese and Russian cruises in northern waters, America announces a new maritime base in Juneau.

As The Secret Service Reels, Will DC Step Up And Reform DHS?: Years of scandal and poor management is degrading the Secret Service. But with most DHS components suffering similar issues, it's time to reform an unmanageable DHS

Navy Paying Too Much For Quality-Of-Life Improvements At HII Shipyard: Over the past several months, the Navy has quietly gifted HII at least $198 million for much-needed capital improvements. Is this the right thing to do?

Navy Test Ship Shortage Slows Development Of Autonomous Weapons: If the Navy's future is in autonomous weapons, the Navy's ragged stockpile of aged training and testing ships don't show it.

Trouble In U.S. Navy? Erik Raven, 2nd-Highest Ranking Civilian, Quits: After an abrupt, pre-holiday announcement of Erik Raven's untimely retirement, the U.S. Navy needs to say if Raven was pushed out or if he left on his own volition.

Trouble In U.S. Navy? Erik Raven, Second Highest Ranking Civilian, Quits: After an abrupt, pre-holiday announcement of Erik Raven's untimely retirement, the U.S. Navy needs to say if Raven was pushed out or if he left on his own volition.

Fired SECNAV Richard Spencer Makes Odd Fit To Lead Cash-Poor Austal: Austal has a new chairman—formerly fired SECNAV Richard Spencer—but Austal's new and perplexing hire presents more questions than answers.

Fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer Now Set To Lead Cash-Poor Austal: Austal has a new chairman—formerly fired SECNAV Richard Spencer—but Austal's new and perplexing hire presents more questions than answers.

To Compete Globally, Modern U.S. Shipbuilders Must First Think Locally: To compete in a global market, U.S. shipbuilders need to think local—and do what U.S. shipyards used to do. Here's the missing ingredient:

As Asian Shipbuilders Eye U.S., America’s Maritime Defeatism Is Nuts: In Washington D.C., maritime defeatism is rife. But with Asian shipyards making big moves to buy into U.S. shipyards, the doom and gloom is increasingly hard to justify.

To Unlock The U.S. Maritime, Make Industrial Waterfront Easier To Build: As Congress and the Biden Administration get serious about boosting America's maritime future, they must make America's future waterfront faster and easier to build.

How To Keep South Korean Shipbuilders From Running Aground In America: Rather than try to save troubled U.S. shipyards, South Korean shipbuilders might do better to start with a new shipyard, designed to accept modern manufacturing methods.

Russia Rattles Nukes As French President Mulls Sending Troops To Kyiv: With Russia clearly worried the West will send troops into Ukraine, will NATO exploit Russia's fear or, once again accede to Russian bluster?

In Jacksonville Florida, A New National Maritime Focus Is In The Cards: The U.S. maritime industry is awakening from decades of slumber. Midsized ports and cohesive maritime regions—areas like Jacksonville—will lead the way.

To Save The U.S. Navy, Rebuild America’s Underfunded Utility Ship Fleet: With America’s Navy now run and ruled by a pair of former Aegis destroyer captains, small craft are getting completely overlooked. That is a mistake.

A New “Polar AUKUS” Can Save America’s Faltering Antarctic And Arctic Strategies: With Sweden and Finland joining NATO, military operations in the polar regions are getting cool again. Before the ardor cools, translate the excitement into an icebreaker-building Polar AUKUS.

Leaked Russian Documents Reveal Deep Concern Over Chinese Aggression: With a new glimpse at Russian war planning, the West is starting to get a better understanding of just how much Russia fears a resurgent China

Marine Corps Prototype SLV Landing Ship To Operate Near Contested Asian Waters: Just a year after unveiling the concept, a new U.S. Marine Corps stern landing vessel, the HOS Resolution, is heading to Asia—where it may raise China's ire.

To Make Coast Guard’s New Ships Better, Press The Old Veterans Harder: To make the Coast Guard's future Offshore Patrol Cutter really work, the Coast Guard must now ruthlessly drive their old fleet of mid-sized cutters, testing new concepts.

Why Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro Blasted America’s Big Shipbuilders: Maritime stakeholders are trying to understand why Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro publicly skewered his biggest shipbuilding partners.