Naval Warfare

Delayed Navy Torpedo Competition Set For Later This Year

Delayed Navy Torpedo Competition Set For Later This Year
Delayed Navy Torpedo Competition Set For Later This Year

The Compact Rapid Attack Weapon will produce one of the first new torpedoes introduced to the Navy’s fleet in decades.

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Distributed Maritime Operations: Making Ships, Subs, And Platforms Nodes On A Network

Distributed Maritime Operations: Making Ships, Subs, And Platforms Nodes On A Network
Distributed Maritime Operations: Making Ships, Subs, And Platforms Nodes On A Network

To facilitate the pivot to the Great Power competition against adaptive enemies with advanced capabilities, the Navy is developing the flexibility to decentralize its forces while remaining fully networked.

China’s Nuclear Forces Swell: A Tri-Polar World?

China’s Nuclear Forces Swell: A Tri-Polar World?
China’s Nuclear Forces Swell: A Tri-Polar World?

The combination of a modern long-range bomber (the H-20), and an expanded seaborne ballistic missile force, as well as this massive inflation of the land-based ICBM component, makes China’s nuclear forces look far more like their “hegemonic” counterparts in Russia and the United States than the minimal or limited deterrent presented by French or British nuclear forces.

The Navy Wants Industry To Manage Its Autonomy Integration Efforts

The Navy Wants Industry To Manage Its Autonomy Integration Efforts
The Navy Wants Industry To Manage Its Autonomy Integration Efforts

The Navy wants to hire an industry partner for its Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab, or RAIL, office.

Navy Launches ‘No Notice’ Fire Safety Assessments At All Shipyards

Navy Launches ‘No Notice’ Fire Safety Assessments At All Shipyards
Navy Launches ‘No Notice’ Fire Safety Assessments At All Shipyards

The new policy comes as a result of the loss of the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020.

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SNC Deploys Cutting-Edge Security Tech For Maritime Regions

SNC Deploys Cutting-Edge Security Tech For Maritime Regions
SNC Deploys Cutting-Edge Security Tech For Maritime Regions

As the importance of oceans, coastlines, economic exclusion zones and sovereign waters increases, countries are faced with a crucial problem.

Raytheon, Navy Finish SPY-6 Testing At Wallops

Raytheon, Navy Finish SPY-6 Testing At Wallops
Raytheon, Navy Finish SPY-6 Testing At Wallops

The company is anticipating a contract later this year for work associated with backfitting Flight IIA destroyers.

Northrop Exploring How SEWIP Can Feed Into Project Overmatch

Northrop Exploring How SEWIP Can Feed Into Project Overmatch
Northrop Exploring How SEWIP Can Feed Into Project Overmatch

“We were able to … create new software and put new communication waveforms through the system and demonstrate a class a wave forms it could be critical to the Navy as they look at Project Overmatch,” said Mike Meaney, a Northrop Grumman official.

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The Unmanned Advantage At Sea: Revolutionizing Maritime Domain Awareness

The Unmanned Advantage At Sea: Revolutionizing Maritime Domain Awareness
The Unmanned Advantage At Sea: Revolutionizing Maritime Domain Awareness

The new era of seapower requires new approaches and new tools for the U.S. military and its allies.

What If The Bigger Shipbuilding Budget Just Doesn’t Come?

What If The Bigger Shipbuilding Budget Just Doesn’t Come?
What If The Bigger Shipbuilding Budget Just Doesn’t Come?

“The Navy’s going to have a huge problem,” Mark Cancian, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said of the service’s likely budget squeeze.

House Authorizers Poised To Restore Navy’s Destroyer — This Time

House Authorizers Poised To Restore Navy’s Destroyer — This Time
House Authorizers Poised To Restore Navy’s Destroyer — This Time

A committee aide said the Navy is “playing a dangerous game” when it includes major battle force ships on its unfunded priority list.

Navy Needs To Prep For Unmanned Integration, Says SWO Boss

Navy Needs To Prep For Unmanned Integration, Says SWO Boss
Navy Needs To Prep For Unmanned Integration, Says SWO Boss

“We’ve got FFG-62. We’re going to have another DDG variant at some point and then we’ve got the unmanned stuff. How do I introduce it to the fleet? What does that look like?” said Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the service’s top surface warfare officer.

Navy Pushing Additional Safety Checks Following Bonhomme Richard Fire

Navy Pushing Additional Safety Checks Following Bonhomme Richard Fire
Navy Pushing Additional Safety Checks Following Bonhomme Richard Fire

A senior Navy admiral says the service is “pretty good” at firefighting at sea, but conceded “education” and “spot checking” is necessary at the shipyards.

Fielding LCS Minehunting Mission Package Now A ‘Key Priority’

Fielding LCS Minehunting Mission Package Now A ‘Key Priority’
Fielding LCS Minehunting Mission Package Now A ‘Key Priority’

The Navy recently completed a 3-week at-sea testing period for MCM USV and are awaiting the results before moving forward with a full-rate production contract.