The contract is part of a larger deal, cumulatively worth $3.2 billion, the Navy and Raytheon inked in 2022.
By Justin KatzThe 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.
By Breaking DefenseThe ability to track smaller and faster objects at longer distances gives naval vessels more time to respond to incoming threats.
By Breaking DefenseBuilding 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.
By Breaking DefenseThe NDAA easily passed and now heads to the Senate.
By Aaron Mehta“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.”
By Paul McLeary“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.”
By Paul McLeary“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.”
By Paul McLeary“I don’t want to build a monstrosity. But I need deeper magazines on ships than I have right now,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said today.
By Paul McLeary“It’s pretty well-known now that our homeland is no longer a sanctuary,” Vice Adm. Daryl Caudle, Submarine Forces Atlantic says. “So we have to be prepared here to conduct high-end combat operations in local waters.”
By Paul McLearyA video released by the Navy shows Harpoon ship-killing missiles launched by the Canadian frigate HMCS Regina and US destroyer USS Lake Erie tearing into the ship, along with a French-made Exocet missile fired by an offshore patrol vessel from Brunei.
By Paul McLearyExisting amphibious ships might be the “Swiss Army Knife of the fleet,” but the Navy and Marines want an enemy who “jumps on it in the opening gambit…they’re gonna have the shock of their life.”
By Paul McLearyAs thousands of workers go back on the job at the Maine shipyard, the Navy has a deep readiness hole to dig itself out of.
By Paul McLeary