* In his statement [PDF] submitted today to the Senate Armed Services Committee, US Navy Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Greenert explains the Navy’s current and future posture. The document includes a map of the 104 ships forward deployed across the world...
The Persian Gulf(click to view full) The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) needs to replace most of its helicopters. Its Sikorsky S-92 VIP helicopters are predictably modern, but the operational front is less promising. The QEAF had been depending on a combination of a...
* IHS Jane’s reports that after Russia seized assets in Crimea, Ukraine is left with just 5 of its 17 warships, almost no naval aviation, and few naval personnel. * Ukraine’s acting Defense Minister Igor Tenyukh was replaced by Col. Gen. Mykhailo Koval, so...
* The Government Accountability Office’s latest report on the F-35 notes that while aircraft manufacturing has improved last year, software delays and capability limitations continue to threaten the program’s overall schedule. DC/VA News * US Senator...
* A recent survey of 340 defense acquisition executives showed there’s a widespread sense of pessimism about how government acquisitions are run. Ukraine/Russia * Over the weekend Russian forces overrun Ukraine’s military presence in Crimea: FT | Kyiv...