Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week… Houthi attacks on shipping have suddenly become much more accurate, with at least a half dozen merchant ships being struck by missile…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Keeping an eye on the dragon. What is the Chinese Navy up to? What are their capabilities? We’ll hear some of the latest views on the …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week… Battleships aren’t often in the news, but over the past few weeks one of them certainly has been - the USS NEW JERSEY. The ship’s dry…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the Russian War on Ukraine is now in its third year and grinds on and on. George Galdorisi, a long-time observer of the conflict who p…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Problems with the submarine and broader shipbuilding and repair industrial base are crying out for solutions. Noted historian and nava…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we bring you a special edition of the podcast. Chris Cavas attended a press tour in Sweden sponsored by the Swedish defense company Sa…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…We dive into Naval Special Warfare’s return to competition as it focuses on more traditional Cold War era roles. Retired Navy Captain …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we sat down in the Pentagon’s E-Ring this week with the US Navy’s top money official, Russell Rumbaugh, director of financial manageme…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…there have been numerous events, hearings and meetings discussing naval issues over the last few weeks–Vago Muradian joins us to highl…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week...Around the seas, around the globe, we take a look at the maritime situation in the Black Sea, the Mideast, the South China Sea – and…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…It was a great week at the Navy League's Sea, Air and Space Symposium at National Harbor. We had the chance to see so many good friend…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Dr Jerry Hendrix and Bryan McGrath join us to discuss the Navy’s 45-day ship review and what to look for at next week’s Sea Air and Sp…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…The temporary closure of the Port of Baltimore has shippers scrambling to fill the gaps – Derek Miller of the American Association of …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the 30-year shipbuilding plan, another shocking amphibious ship report, Gaza Bridge preps and more – Sam Lagrone of USNI News will be …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week...Naval Aviation took some big hits in the latest US defense budget submission. Naval air analyst and veteran Ward Carroll will be her…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week, noted author and scholar Nicholas Lambert has a new book out where he dives into Mahan and lessons from Naval History. Be sure to che…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Ship repair is a tough business, particularly when your primary customer is the US Navy. Changing business structures, shifts in homep…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute joins us to discuss his recent report on using unmanned forces to hedge against emerging challenge…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the rise of artificial intelligence is dramatic, confusing and even frightening, and AI already is fundamentally changing the rules an…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…There’s a lot going on around the US Navy and a lot to discuss. We’ll dive into some of those areas, including the Pentagon’s Replicat…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…We talk fleet size, force posture and budget priorities with long-time defense thinker and author Mackenzie Eaglen of American Enterpr…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…attracting and keeping officers and sailors to the US Navy’s surface fleet is a never-ending challenge. New executive director Christo…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…there were more Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, as well as counterattacks and preemptive str…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…It was a busy week for both of us at the Surface Navy Association’s 36th annual symposium just outside Washington DC. During the show …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…One of the key companies crucial to the development and fielding autonomous surface vessels is Leidos. Two of that company’s top offic…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…The Turkish Straits are the only way in and out of the Black Sea. The maritime traffic passing through this great strategic waterway o…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…2023 in review. We’re joined by the entire gang from USNI News to look back at some of the biggest and most significant naval developm…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…It’s been more than 70 years since the United States dropped from being the world’s largest producer of merchant shipping and the coun…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…With several US destroyers seeing action recently in the Red Sea, retired Navy Captain and former Cruiser and Destroyer commanding off…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…We traveled to Turkey to see up close how a government-owned company is building ships in the country’s biggest naval shipyard. We’ll …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…noted naval analyst Bryan Clark is just back from attending the Indo-Pacific Symposium in Australia – which was also attended by the U…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Everyone talks about how big a Navy the United States needs. Right after that is how much would such a Navy cost? There is no better e…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…The Pentagon’s annual report on Chinese Military Power was just released, and once again it is full of details about China’s continued…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…A littoral combat ship launches a powerful Standard SM-6 missile for the first time while another LCS shepherds the largest-ever deplo…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Fincantieri’s Marine Group of shipyards is not only building ships but it’s greatly expanded its facilities and ability to move into f…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the U. S. Navy’s 248th Birthday seems a great time to check back with the U. S. Navy Memorial and the organization’s president and CEO…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…What is going on in the South China Sea? Sam LaGrone of USNI News joins us to discuss the first in a series of articles based on the s…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…A special report, at sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. The ship emerged in May from the longest-ever overhaul of …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the view from Oceana: We caught up with newly-installed commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic, Rear Admiral Doug Verissimo, at the re…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week...The U.S. Navy’s largest mishap involving almost a dozen destroyers occurred off the coast of California 100 years ago. What lessons …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Is the US Navy focused on its mission? Is it doing what it should to prepare to keep the peace and to be ready to fight if need be? A …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Lockheed Martin is matching the Patriot Advanced Capability Three missile interceptor with its Aegis Weapon System SPY-1 radar – a pot…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Admiral Lisa Franchetti is the US Navy’s top uniformed officer but – for now – she cannot be confirmed as the next Chief of Naval Oper…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…The Large Scale Exercise 2023, or LSE 2023 -- the largest combination live and virtual warfighting exercise ever run by the US Navy an…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the carrier air wing mission has changed as aviators turn their attention from wars in the desert to supporting NATO and deterring Chi…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Russia is threatening to widen the war on Ukraine into attacks on merchant shipping in the Black Sea. A major ship fire at Port Newark…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we are joined by return guest CDR Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong to discuss his latest monograph Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy and …

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…The web site Naval News is one of the world’s premier sources for naval information around the world. Founder and editor Xavier Vavass…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we take an early look at one of the largest shows – The United Kingdom Defense and Securities Export exhibition or DSEI, held every tw…

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…The view from the top: Former chief of naval operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert shares his views on Russia’s war on Ukraine, the sit…