SOCOM’s first Dry Combat Submersible is undergoing a year of testing by the Navy to work out new technologies, including a new power source, before moving forward.
By Paul McLearyModernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
Facing down a assertive China and resurgent Russia, the Navy is overhauling its strategy development, education and wargaming offices.
By Paul McLeary
Besides shoring up physical defenses against foreign threats, Senate Armed Services chairman Jim Inhofe is fighting against the FCC’s transfer of spectrum from GPS to 5G firm Ligado.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“I certainly hope the Pentagon is not going to come back after studying this again, saying there’s no need,” for more Arctic infrastructure, said Sen. Dan Sullivan. “The infrastructure is not fine. It doesn’t exist. And we need it to exist.”
By Paul McLeary
Work on the missile tubes for the Navy’s part of the nation’s nuclear triad is months behind schedule after Babcock was smacked hard by the pandemic.
By Paul McLeary
The exercise, taking place this weekend off of the East Coast, will test Pentagon thinking about how to link air and sea assets against 4th and 5th generation threats.
By Paul McLeary
“Last year we hired 1,800 people, which was the most hired for 30 years I think,” BIW President Dirk Lesko said. “We probably would have hired 500 or 600 more people last year if we could have.”
By Paul McLeary
New Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
In a first, the USS Portland took down a target drone with a new solid state laser this week, the first step in the Navy’s quest to get the powerful weapon on more ships in the future.
By Paul McLeary
The Navy and Marine Corps’ vision of a future surface fleet is starting to come together, even if they’re still waiting for the Defense Secretary and Congress to give their blessings.
By Paul McLeary
“This really was one of the higher priorities the [Indian] navy had, to get these aircraft delivered,” Tom Kane, director of Sikorsky’s Naval Helicopter Programs, says. “I requested that the aircraft be made available on an accelerated basis.”
By Paul McLeary
“If the Joint Force can just get a taste of what this will be like on the battlefield, it will be the most addictive drug that has ever been made for warfare,” Will Roper said of the Advanced Battle Management System.
By Theresa Hitchens
The study into what kind of carriers the Navy might need in a decade’s time was problematic from the start, and conflicted with the Pentagon senior leadership’s redo of the Navy’s force structure plan.
By Paul McLeary
“We can’t break the US Air Force, we can’t break the Army, we can’t break the Navy,” said Lt. Gen. David Thompson, Space Force vice commander.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Wisconsin lawmaker, China hawk and member of the House Armed Services Committee, sees the frigate as a cornerstone for growing the Navy while not blowing open what is likely to be a constrained budget in the coming years.
By Paul McLeary
