Indian Navy – The Brahmos missile will not be ready for service for several years.

• Hindustan Times: BrahMos missile years away from induction on ships, aircraft

US Navy – Northrop Grumman wins the contract to design the DD-X.

• Associated Press: Grumman Lands Navy Warship Contract
• Washington Post: Northrop Wins Navy Contract

US Navy – Did the US Navy play a role in the recent coup in Venezuela?

• The Guardian: American navy ‘helped Venezuelan coup’
  

US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk makes a port call in Hong Kong.

• The Straits Times: US warships sail into HK as China’s ban on visits ends

US Navy – How bats can help improve naval sonars.

• Science Daily: Bat Sonar And Anti-Submarine Warfare

US Navy – How the US Navy Sea Systems Command is changing to meet the current needs of the US Navy.

• Sea Power: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Navy Transformation

Background – War on Terrorism – Ralph Peters on how the US can make friends of Muslims – leave the Arab Muslims alone, and court the non-Arab Muslims.

• Wall Street Journal (registration required): A Remedy for Radical Islam