Buoyed by billions in investments into robotic systems, the Navy is considering how it will manage the swarms of unmanned surface, subsurface and aerial drones throughout the fleet. Robotic autonomous ...

The US Navy (USN) can no longer automatically count on overwhelming adversary forces and must use newly designed forces and ...

Naval analysts have long warned that the one-size-fits-all model of carrier strike group deployment is reaching its limits, stretching the tolerance of crews and ships and leading to maintenance ...

Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command. (Photo: U.S. Navy) Adm. Karl Thomas assumed command of U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) during a ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft ...

NORFOLK — Adm. Karl O. Thomas assumed command Monday of U.S. Fleet Forces during a ceremony aboard the USS Harry S. Truman. Thomas now leads a force of over 100,000 people, 120 ships and submarines ...

A high-ranking officer who has served more than three decades and has deployed to all Navy theaters of operation worldwide recently took the helm of one of the service’s most active combat regions.

The top enlisted leader of U.S. Fleet Forces Command will become the Navy's next top enlisted sailor, the service announced Friday. Fleet Master Chief John Perryman, who has been the senior enlisted ...