“Everything that we can knock off that list we will do in the archipelago…because that allows us to do the tests in the environment that the vessel will operate in ultimately,” said Maj. Gen. Jered Helwig.

Reflecting on the decision to add the six MRSS vessels to 22 other Royal Navy ships on order or in build, UK defence secretary Grant Shapps said, “this is a golden age for British shipbuilding.”

In this op-ed, Bill Greenwalt of AEI pushes back on Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s recent criticisms of industry.

Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair said his German counterpart approached him about joining the German-Norwegian submarine package.

Pål Jonson said if a “concrete proposal” was presented for allied countries to send personnel, Sweden would “take it into review.”

The bill sticks to budget caps laid out by the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

Terms of the acquisition include the shipbuilder paying a fixed fee of €300 million ($323 million), and “based on certain growth assumptions,” an additional €115 ($124 million) directly relating to performance of the underwater armaments business this year.

A look at some of what this year’s SOF Week conference in Tampa had to offer.

Gen. Angus Campbell also defended the conduct of the Australian military after a recent run-in with Chinese helicopters.

NATO has established eight different capability coalitions designed to get critical systems or ammo into Ukrainian hands quickly. Here’s a deep dive into how they’re all faring.

The capabilities the companies described as part of the ICS are similar to what Pentagon officials have said is needed for Joint All Domain Command and Control.

Capital Alpha Partners found that buy back amounts at defense contractors were higher this financial quarter for all but only four others since March 2011.

“We are on track from a programmatic standpoint — cost, schedule performance — but we’re always gonna be late to need,” said Col. Andrew Konicki, the program manager for Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD). “The threat is ever changing and ever evolving.”

Thelmar Rosarda and Nathaniel Schochet of CNAS argue in this op-ed that the US should strengthen its partnerships with countries to combat China’s aggression in the South China Sea.

“When you see that visible signature, it’s a reminder to all hands that it’s all hands on deck time to get the amphibs ready,” said Gen. Eric Smith, the Marine Corps commandant.