Michael Fabey

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A life-size model of Ukraine's Magura V5 USV, pictured here at Eurosatory 2024; one of the unmanned platforms being used against Russian forces. (Janes/Olivia Savage)The US Commander, Task Force (CTF) 66, the US Sixth Fleet's purpose-built all-domain task force with the mission of integrating Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) into fleet operations, is looking for ways to incorporate lessons learned from Ukrainian operations, the Sixth Fleet acknowledged in a release on 17 June.

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US attack submarine USS North Carolina (pictured here) calls at an Australian port shortly after the AUKUS deal is reached. The joint submarine programme is now under Pentagon review. (US Navy)US lawmakers criticised a Department of Defense review acknowledged by the Pentagon on 11 June of the joint submarine programme of Australia, the UK, and the US under the AUKUS agreement – on the same day US naval leaders were touting the agreement.

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As shipbuilders are struggling to achieve necessary production rates for attack submarines such as the one shown here under construction, lawmakers are questioning proposed shipbuilding budget funding. (Janes/Michael Fabey)The US Navy (USN) needs to do a better job of designing, acquiring, maintaining, and reconstituting its fleet of ships and stocks of munitions, US senators and naval leaders said on 10 June during a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing on USN posture.

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AM General's JLTV A2 model was scheduled to begin fielding earlier in 2025 before the army announced it wanted to cancel the programme. (Janes/Christopher Petrov)With a US presidential budget request expected in the near future, congressional appropriators have released fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget priorities that appear to have some notable differences in modernisation accounts.

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BAE Systems upgraded its facilities in Florida, shown here, to improve naval work. Adm Kilby cited the importance of the facility in growing US interest in the maritime industrial base. (BAE Systems)Nationally, there is growing support for the US maritime industrial base, according to Admiral James Kilby, acting chief of naval operations (CNO).