Naval Warfare
The Navy has invested at least $200 million in developing the drone in recent years.
By Justin Katz“We view cybersecurity as a compliance problem. And it is most definitely not a compliance problem,” Navy Chief Information Officer Aaron Weis said, arguing the service must shift to a “readiness” focus.
By Jaspreet GillMorrison’s “government has really dropped the ball on this,” Peter Dean at the University of Western Australia said. “Why had the warnings last year not been taken more seriously?”
By Colin ClarkThe ship, LHA-9, had already been authorized, so its inclusion as new in the president’s budget request attracted immediate attention from lawmakers following the budget’s rollout.
By Justin KatzChina’s investment in anti-ship weaponry poses a “major problem” for the US Navy’s ability to fight in the Indo-Pacific, a Singapore-based analyst told Breaking Defense.
By Justin KatzThe Navy is preparing to outfit a destroyer with a separate directed energy weapon this year.
By Justin KatzThe White House announced that Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of State for east Asian and Pacific affairs, and Kurt Campbell, the National Security Council’s Indo-Pacific Coordinator, will lead an interagency delegation to the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
By Colin ClarkA senior Navy official repeatedly declined to connect the new task force to recent Houthi attacks, rather suggesting it would take on securing trade and tamping down on smuggling.
By Justin KatzThe basic idea of Odyssey is to prepare any ship or platform to use a variety of autonomous software capabilities.
By Justin KatzThe new surface vessel will play a key role in filling capability gaps created when the Navy’s mine countermeasure ships are retired.
By Justin KatzThe Navy’s hospital ships have served it well for decades but what’s next? Austal may have an answer.
By Justin Katz“The LCS has not been a platform that has achieved its goal. We all know that,” Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., told Breaking Defense. “But it is a platform that can do low-end missions. So if you get rid of the LCS’s, what are you going to replace them?”
By Aaron MehtaWhile the Navy’s decision hasn’t been made, lawmakers threw cold water on the idea of a second shipyard for the new frigate in latest spending bill.
By Justin KatzThe congressmen say the problems SIOP is facing stem from public support, awareness and ‘muscle memory’ erosion in industry.
By Justin Katz