USVs could be ‘alternate options’ for missions for stretched manned fleet: Navy official
USVs are emerging as modular force elements when sending a large combatant ship is too costly or disproportionate.
Maritime strategy is built in shipyards. Partner with allies to revitalize the industrial base
In this op-ed, Craig Fischbach and Kelly A. Grieco lay out three steps the administration should take to enhance shipbuilding cooperation: expand MRO, establish a mine countermeasures pact with Japan and outsource Arleigh-Burke production.
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How Defense Teams Can Scale AI 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.
The Navy’s never-ending quest for 355 ships: 5 Navy stories from 2024
Ship counts were clearly on the mind of US Navy officials this year as they made numerous plays to bolster the fleet in novel ways.
US Navy to extend service lives of 12 destroyers
The decision follows a similar one last year to extend the service life of the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51).
SASC breaks spending cap by $25 billion in FY25 defense policy bill
The amendment to break congressionally-mandated spending caps, offered by Sen. Roger Wicker, the committee's top Republican, led SASC Chairman Jack Reed to vote against the bill.
Navy awards $619M to Raytheon for SPY-6 radar backfits for destroyers
The contract is part of a larger deal, cumulatively worth $3.2 billion, the Navy and Raytheon inked in 2022.
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The Future of Defense Manufacturing Will Be Distributed, Autonomous, and Software-Defined
How Roboze is helping transform additive manufacturing from a prototyping tool into production infrastructure for defense and critical industries.
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Every next-gen Navy ship will defend against ballistic missiles and other threats with the same radar — the SPY-6
The ability of the SPY-6 family of radars to meet today’s new threats is due to both its modular and scalable hardware and its software-defined backbone.
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The Navy’s newest, most advanced warships will all soon have one thing in common — the SPY-6 radar
The ability to track smaller and faster objects at longer distances gives naval vessels more time to respond to incoming threats.
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Electrification sparks new shipbuilding
Building naval vessels with electric propulsion is a new challenge for shipyards, so “single-system vendors” will be needed to provide the electric propulsion package as a subcontractor to the shipyard.
House Passes NDAA, With $24B In Extra Pentagon Funding and Strings Attached
The NDAA easily passed and now heads to the Senate.
New webinar Safeguarding funded innovation in research security
Join us 6/24 as experts discuss evolving US research security policy and innovation protection. 1 CPE credit eligible.
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.
Huge Navy Exercise Helps Admirals Decide How to Remake Fleet
“We are going to do a live-fire offensive exercise,” Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, Carrier Strike Group 3 commander told reporters Tuesday. “We are going to use the unmanned surface, unmanned air, and manned air and surface to provide a targeting solution.”
Navy’s Next Destroyer Will Ensure ‘No Target Is Out Of Range’
"We've done about all we can do with this ship and we've maxed out the space, weight, power and cooling,” Rear Adm. Paul Schlise said. "It's time to reset to a new large surface combatant."
Multiple Missiles & Lasers Eyed For Navy’s New Frigate
"We have ample margin for this hull form," said Capt. Kevin Smith, the Navy’s frigate program manager. "Some of those could lead to direct energy type projects and other capability. But right now, just as an example for weight, we have at least 100 tons of margin for future upgrades."