Germany nixes multi-billion-dollar F126 frigate program, opts for MEKOs instead
Germany wants to purchase eight MEKO frigates to conduct anti-submarine warfare and satisfy NATO requirements instead.
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Enemy submarines are harder to detect, but next-gen sonobuoys search them out
As adversary submarines grow quieter and more elusive, the Navy turns to a new generation of more capable, connected, and open sonobuoys.
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Europe rearms: Battle management, counter-UAS, and real AI at the edge
Mapping Europe’s modernization from the Eastern drone wall to actual artificial intelligence resident in tanks.
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Ocean Aero Triton’s Minesweepers are ready now
The unique Surface-Subsurface AUSVs can help clear the Strait of Hormuz.
US reveals seizure of purported anti-submarine mission trainers en route to China
The Department of Justice alleges the equipment was made and shipped contrary to export law, but the South African company involved maintains it did nothing wrong.
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Reasons why anti-submarine warfare in the Pacific should be distributed and autonomous
With new-but-proven technologies, the Navy can maintain its undersea dominance even as the strategic landscape grows more complex.
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What’s the future outlook for anti-submarine warfare in the Pacific?
Distributed anti-submarine warfare leverages autonomy and advanced comms and networked sensors that already exist.
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Built for another era, our air-and-missile-defense industrial base needs more builders
New entrants are filling unmet needs in air-and-missile defense.
P-8 LRASM testing expected to wrap this summer, Boeing official says
Boeing will also soon begin flight testing a multimission pod developed with internal funds, according to company official Jon Spore.
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General Atomics Aeronautical’s new advances in remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft equip forces today and tomorrow
Unmanned aircraft in development by GA-ASI and its partners will be part of the discussion at the Singapore Airshow to ensure responsible world powers have the tools to keep ahead of security challenges.
Transparent Sea: AUKUS looks to AI, quantum in hunt for Chinese submarines
AI analysis of sensor data, including new kinds of quantum-based detection, could give a lethal edge in undersea warfare — to either the Australia-UK-US alliance or to China.
BAE touts upgunned missile tubes for $45B AUD Hunter ASW fleet
"There's no more cost that gets added to the program outside that one design zone change, therefore when you consider that as a value for money, it avoids having to complete a brand-new design from ground up," Craig Lockhart of BAE Systems Australia said.
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Scaling AI for Defense Teams Without Increasing Data Risk
AI is expanding the mission data footprint across defense environments, increasing the need for scalable, layered data-at-rest (DAR) protection.
Australian MoD: Over $1.5B AUD in pipeline for fourth Triton, P-8 upgrades
“The purchase of an additional Triton will enhance operations from Australia’s northern bases, a priority under the Defence Strategic Review," Pat Conroy, minister for defense industry, said in a statement.
UK seeks unmanned sub-hunting helicopter, puts Leonardo under contract
While the priority is to support anti-submarine warfare missions, the MoD also suggested potential use cases for ship-to-ship resupply and casualty evacuation.
New Nunn-McCurdy cost breach in Navy’s latest LCS misstep
The cost breach is one in a series of public missteps the Navy has had in recent years with the Littoral Combat Ships and the associated mission packages.
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Versatile multi-domain MQ-9B SeaGuardian has revolutionized anti-submarine warfare
The first unmanned aerial system of its kind that can search the ocean surface and the depths in support of naval intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.