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The USS John C. Stennis Entered Newport News Shipbuilding in May 2021 — The RCOH Won’t End Until October 2026 at the Earliest
The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is named for Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi and is the seventh of the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers in the United States Navy.

She was commissioned on December 9, 1995. Her temporary home port is Norfolk, Virginia, for her scheduled refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), which began in 2019. After her overhaul is completed, she is expected to return to Bremerton, Washington.

U.S. military officials have yet to publicly confirm any information about an F-15E that appears to have crashed in Iran on Friday or the status of the aircraft’s crew amid media reports that one of two airmen onboard may have been rescued.
Official silence from U.S. officials is fairly typical when U.S. troops are in active combat, and it would match reports that a major rescue operation to find the crew was underway by mid-afternoon on Friday in the U.S., well past nightfall in Iran.
Task & Purpose confirmed on Friday that a plane was lost.

Chandra Donelson has announced that she is leaving her position as the Space Force’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer.
“Over the past two years, I’ve been surrounded by the finest service members and civilians across our nation,” Donelson wrote Thursday in a LinkedIn post announcing her departure. “Together, we have remained focused on what matters most: the warfighter. We have modernized legacy systems, advanced AI-enabled capabilities, and enhanced space domain awareness to enable decision advantage. That mission has never been more critical.

President Donald Trump is requesting a large budget increase for Navy shipbuilding in fiscal 2027, including initial funding for a new class of battleships.
The White House Office of Management and Budget officially released documents about the administration’s spending proposals for fiscal 2027 Friday. The administration wants $65.8 billion for shipbuilding, including money for 18 battle force ships and 16 non-battle force ships.
By comparison, the fiscal 2026 budget request allotted just under $42 billion for new construction of 19 battle force ships.

The Zumwalt Was a $23 Billion Mistake With No Mission — Hypersonic Missiles Traveling Mach 6 Might Finally Give It One
The U.S. Navy has been developing the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon for several years, and the service plans to arm its fleet of three Zumwalt-class destroyers with the missiles within the coming year.

the stealthy destroyers with hypersonics could breathe new operational life into that small, embattled fleet. It could greatly increase the speed and range of attacks from ships, as part of a paradigm-changing set of attack options.

The F-47 Will Quarterback a Swarm of Collaborative Combat Aircraft From Standoff Distance Using AI-Enabled Command and Control
The yet-to-be-fully-seen F-47 will operate an unprecedented number of drones from the cockpit, enabling aerial command and control in a way never before seen. While a manned host platform such as the F-47 remains at a standoff distance, its drones can test enemy air defenses, blanket areas with surveillance, or even launch attacks when directed by a human.

The U.S. military often can’t fix parts of jets, ships, infantry fighting vehicles, and other equipment because they are not allowed to under the contracts the Pentagon signs with manufacturers. Instead, only the manufacturer can fix the equipment, which is a problem in a combat zone or out on a far-flung training exercise. 
That means fighter jets worth tens of millions of taxpayer dollars wind up grounded for months on a deployment. The Navy pays millions to fly contractors out to sea and make repairs that sailors aboard those very ships could make themselves.

The director of operational test and evaluation is a senior adviser to the secretary of defense. As its name implies, the DOT&E office independently tests and evaluates warfighter systems to ensure that troops have the equipment needed to succeed in any environment.
DOT&E’s FY25 report provides an update on the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW), ammunition, and fire control that praises and critiques the new equipment.

Video of ongoing combat search and resue in Iran. You haven’t seen video like this since Vietnam.
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When most people picture the American Revolution, they imagine the thunder of cannon fire, the smoke of musket volleys, and the drama of decisive engagements like Saratoga or Yorktown.
Yet beneath the visible conflict ran a quieter war fought not with weapons but with information. Intelligence determined whether armies marched into traps or toward opportunity. Messages carried across occupied cities and contested countryside could alter the course of campaigns.