Royal Navy – The Royal Navy is exercising with the Nigerian Navy.

• The Guardian: Two British Naval ships arrive in Nigeria today

Royal Navy – Dockyard strikes may impede the operational readiness of the Royal Navy’s Trident fleet.

• BBC: Naval strike could hit Trident
  

US Navy – Where the US Navy currently is with unmanned aerial vehicles, and where it would like to go.

• Jane’s: Naval UAV concepts in flux

Background – Transformation – Recently we’ve been reading how transformation will occur slowly, from the bottom up. Now there is evidence that Secretary Rumsfield will attempt to accelerate transformation from the top down, with his choices for new service chiefs and CINCs.

• Washington Post:
  Bush Backs Overhaul of Military’s Top Ranks

Background – Information Warfare – In the field, just like at work, more bandwidth is better bandwidth — and a lack of bandwidth is severely hampering US military operations.

• Wall Street Journal: Military feels bandwidth squeeze