Contents

Special Report: Naval Aviation

Marine Corps Takes Steps to Sustain Strike Fighter Force

Super Hornet's AESA Radar Shines in Combat Operations

Coast Guard Must Wait for RU-38B to Receive C4ISR Packages

Marines to Investigate Air, Ground Robots for Resupply Missions

Features

We Rest Our Case

Merchant Ships Largely On Their Own Against Gulf of Aden Pirates

Coast Guard, Navy Shipbuilding Hit Hard By Commodities Prices

Sabine-Neches Waterway Grows in Strategic Importance

Coast Guard Yard to Use Methane Gas from Landfill for Power

INTERVIEW: Vice Adm. Kevin M. McCoy, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command

In My Own Words

Departments

President's Message

Editor's Note

Letters

Intercepts

Program Snapshot

Seapower International

Historical Perspective

Navy League News

Council Digest

Washington Report: Shipbuilding 'Biggest Problem' in Defense Budget Negotiations

Seapower - November 2008 Index