The changes focus mainly on making standard medical equipment more suitable for use in a battlefield environment.
By Justin KatzCapability exists to simulate the future of kill chains at theater scale
A tool to explore what-if scenarios and tradeoffs at the theater-level faster than traditional analysis.
Analysts told Breaking Defense it would take weeks for a ship to reach the Middle East, and actually getting patients aboard presents myriad logistical, diplomatic and security problems.
By Justin Katz
Larry Ryder, an Austal executive, told Breaking Defense the first EMS will begin construction in 2025.
By Justin Katz
The Navy’s hospital ships have served it well for decades but what’s next? Austal may have an answer.
By Justin Katz
DoD is slated to receive $8.3 billion to fight COVID-19 in new White House request, as positive virus tests for military personnel jump to 49.
By Paul McLeary
As the Navy sorties 30 ships from Norfolk and surrounding bases, a few ships will be heading back in short order to assist in the cleanup. The amphibious ships USS Kearsarge and USS Arlington, along with hospital ship USNS Comfort, have all loaded up on supplies and have put out to sea.
By Paul McLeary
The House Armed Services Committee rejected the Air Force’s strategy to replace the E-8 JSTARS and questioned its plan for the EC-130H Compass Call, even as it accelerated Navy shipbuilding.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Integrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms and how to make it work
The systems may be off-the-shelf, but the packaging for integration on vehicles and ships provides cradle-to-grave resiliency.
