Survival, Evasion, & Recovery

Margaret G. Marty Waller, 82, a Navy vice admirals wife who accompanied her husband to duty stations around the United States, died of congestive heart failure May 15 at Talbot Hospice House in Easton. Her husband, retired Vice Adm. Edward C.

The United States Navy has for the first time launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper into America's drone programme amid growing concerns over the legality of its escalating surveillance and lethal strikes.Called the X-47B, the drone is considered particularly valuable because it's the first that is designed specifically to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, allowing it to be used around the world without needing ...

Vice Admiral Scott H Swift, Commander of the Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy, is here on a two day visit.

-ANI): USS Freedom, the first littoral combat ship (LCS) of the United States Navy, arrived in Singapore on Thursday on its eight-month maiden deployment.

The United States military temporarily grounded its entire fleet of F-35 fighter jets -- used in the air force, navy and marines -- as a precautionary measure after a routine inspection detected a crack on an engine blade. All F-35 flight operations have been suspended until the investigation is complete, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday. "It is too early to know the fleet-wide impact of the recent finding," it said, adding F-35 joint program office is working closely with Pratt & ...

Cyber security and warfare are on par with a credible nuclear deterrent in the defence priorities of the United States, the U.S. Navy's top admiral said on Monday, after the Pentagon accused China of trying to hack into its computer networks.

One of the United States Navy's smaller training centers highlights how virtual training can save big. The 27-member staff of the Naval Safety & Environmental Training Center provides training to some 10,000 Navy personnel and government civilians ...

Russian shipbuilders are developing new "super mini" submarines, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) state holding company said Friday.Work on the sea craft was in progress at the St. Petersburg-based Malakhit naval machine manufacturing bureau and that ...

Just as dogs aid military personnel on land, dolphins assist in naval operations. The United States Navy trains bottlenose dolphins to seek out sea mines and identify enemy divers, but once in a while, these intelligent creatures find something even ...