Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin is the Associate Editor for Multimedia and the host & producer of Defense News Weekly, airing online and on American Forces Network worldwide. In his role as Associate Editor, he reports worldwide on the military and defense industry and leads a market-leading multimedia team.

  • The next amphibious ship
    The next amphibious ship

    Get a progress report from Huntingdon Ingalls on the construction of the next dock landing ships for the U.S. Navy. (Staff)

  • The Navy’s amphibious strategy
    The Navy’s amphibious strategy

    Is the Navy on the right track when it comes to an amphibious strategy? Bryan Clark of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments provides context and analysis. (Staff)

  • Can the Navy reach 355 ships?
    Can the Navy reach 355 ships?

    Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., one of the leading naval voices in Congress, offers his take on a few major issues facing the Navy. (Staff)

  • What will be the U.S. Navy’s next helicopter trainer?
    What will be the U.S. Navy’s next helicopter trainer?

    n order to replace aging TH-57 training helicopters, the Navy is looking for a new trainer. Find out what’s in the running. (Jeff Martin and Jen Judson/Staff)

  • Coalition forces strike Syrian chemical weapons sites
    Coalition forces strike Syrian chemical weapons sites

    In coordinated air and naval strikes, American, British and French forces have struck three chemical weapons sites in Syria. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • Defense News Weekly full episode, April 15, 2018
    Defense News Weekly full episode, April 15, 2018

    On this edition of Defense News Weekly, we’re on location at the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. We’ll get an update on ships currently building, see the future of naval aircraft, and go face to face with a robot battle squirrel.

  • Swarms of underwater drones may come to the Navy
    Swarms of underwater drones may come to the Navy

    Aquabotix unveiled its SwarmDiver, a micro unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Sea-Air-Space at National Harbor, MD, Monday. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff)

  • New advanced autonomous vehicle debuts at Sea-Air-Space
    New advanced autonomous vehicle debuts at Sea-Air-Space

    L3 OceanServer unveiled a new advanced autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) at Sea-Air-Space at National Harbor, Md., Monday.(Dustin Q. Diaz/Staff)

  • Robotic battle squirrel: a next-gen squad tool?
    Robotic battle squirrel: a next-gen squad tool?

    The ‘combat house cat crossed with a Roomba’ is a tool in development by the Naval Research Laboratory to one day serve as a forward scout in rooms and small spaces. (Ben Murray/Staff)

  • The evolution and integration of distributed lethality
    The evolution and integration of distributed lethality

    Naval warfare reporter Dave Larter hosts a discussion about the integration of the Navy’s distributed lethality strategy across the fleet. (Staff)