Marine Maj. Scott Laux was removed from the Blue Angels days before the season finale in Pensacola, leaving five jets to perform as the Navy declined to explain which squadron standards the #6 pilot failed to uphold.
The Army has permanently ended live fire training at Makua Military Reservation while preserving cultural access and continuing limited security and fire suppression activities. The service is also reducing its Oahu leasehold footprint by 19,500 acres.
Kongsberg Maritime wants to convert commercial fishing trawlers into unmanned Type 92 submarine hunters, giving the British Royal Navy vessels capable of operating for roughly 60 days near an Arctic route used by Russian submarines.
Japan and the United States are expanding troop education, orientation briefings and police patrols after a Marine’s indictment in an Okinawa murder case, while the island’s governor demands broader changes to the Status of Forces Agreement.
Dutch startup Optics11 says dozens of navies are discussing its optical fiber sensing systems, with around 35 paid trials expected this year as the company expands secretive underwater monitoring technology, software and local partnerships across multiple regions.
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment eliminated its minimum flight hour threshold for applicants, widening eligibility as an experienced Black Hawk pilot warns that the Army’s broader aviation talent pool is steadily shrinking.
Neros will use a $450 million conditional Pentagon loan and $165 million of its own funding to expand American drone component production, with roughly 80% of each drone’s dollar value expected to be manufactured internally by late next year.
Previously unavailable government records resolved the final eight unknown USS Indianapolis cases, but investigators found no documentation showing the sailors’ families were notified. The Legacy Organization is now searching for relatives to provide long delayed answers.