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 McLearyNew 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.
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
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
A mix of US ships have probed waters illegally claimed by China in the South China Sea in recent weeks, as the PLA Navy continues to harass civilian ships of neighboring countries.
By Paul McLeary
In a friendly hearing on Capitol Hill, incoming service leaders back up the wishful thinking about future budgets we have seen from Pentagon leadership.
By Paul McLeary
The Navy’s Cyber Readiness Review released last March delivered a scathing critique, calling weak spots and persistent holes in the system an “existential threat” to the existence of the Navy and Marine Corps.
By Paul McLeary
“We need to find a balance of vehicle designs that enables the cost to be cheap enough that we can afford them, but it’s not so highly optimized towards the purely unmanned spectrum that it’s cost prohibitive to maintain them.”
By Paul McLeary
“The Navy must align itself with the rest of the Department of Defense,” Gilday said in a letter obtained by Breaking Defense. “I value the need for transparency with the American Public and am grateful for your engagement on this matter.”
By Paul McLeary
“This is going to be a real workhorse supporting distributed maritime operations in the future,” Vice Adm. James Kilby, deputy chief for warfighting requirements and capabilities, said.
By Paul McLeary
Acting Navy Secretary James McPherson is only three weeks into the job, but is making weighty decisions, including Wednesday’s call for a wider inquiry into his predecessor Thomas Modly’s firing of the captain of the COVID-19 stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt.
By Paul McLeary
