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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Voyager is accelerating access to space
After manifesting 1,400 payloads aboard the ISS, Voyager is applying its mission management expertise to the next generation of space stations, ensuring uninterrupted mission readiness and success from the ground to space.
Navy’s new shipbuilding plan offers three paths to Congress
The service is offering lawmakers three different ship procurement profiles, a deviation from past long-range plans.
New Navy Command To Oversee Unmanned Ships As They Work With Fleet
The Navy is standing up its first operational unmanned ship command, a big moment in the Pentagon's move toward autonomy
Navy Plans Hammerhead Mines To Box In Chinese, Russian Subs
The Hammerhead mine would be delivered to sites by underwater drones, and “detect, classify, and defeat” manned or unmanned submarines, the Navy says.
US Navy Rushes Its Sub-Hunting Helicopters To India, Eye On China
“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.”
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Turning R&D into reality to meet the challenges of the modern battlefield
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
Along The Russian Border, Norway Holds The Northern Line
Oslo has come to the conclusion “we cannot rely on our allies to do everything" and is boosting its own efforts to protect its High North border with Russia.
Saudis Save Wisconsin Shipbuilder: Fills Gap Between LCS & Frigates At Marinette
WASHINGTON: Four years after Lockheed Martin inked a $11.2 billion deal to sell Saudi Arabia an upgunned variant of its Littoral Combat Ship, the company is starting work on the first vessel later this year, a company official confirmed Wednesday. The work on four Multi-Mission Surface Combatants will take place at Fincantieri-owned Marinette Marine in […]
New Second Fleet To Stay Lean, Unpredictable, Commander Says; & Watching China
The Arctic will become increasingly crowded in the coming years, and the US Navy's Second Fleet is making it a priority to get up there more often.
U.S. Sending Billions Worth of P-8s, E-2Ds To Asian Allies
Japan and South Korea are getting new generations of sub-hunting and intelligence-gathering aircraft as China, North Korea, and Russia continue to push more assets into the waters of the Pacific.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Australia Broadens Its Military Relationships With Shipbuilding Deals
CANBERRA: As the Chinese challenge grows, Australia is clearly concerned about expanded Chinese influence within Australia and with regard to Chinese efforts to reshape the external environment to expand the influence and power of the Chinese authoritarian state. Clearly the United States remains Australia’s core ally in dealing with the Chinese challenge, but as […]
Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Sub-Hunting Tech Shortage, Hypersonic Funding
WASHINGTON The Navy says it is running short of critical submarine-detecting sonobuoys, thanks to stepped-up submarine activity by Russia in the Mediterranean and around Europe. As a result, the service has asked Congress to reprogram $20 million to buy more of the detection devices in an Omnibus funding package the Pentagon sent to Congress earlier […]
NATO Has A Good Story To Tell, But Is Its Audience Of One Listening?
Allies from Norway to Romania are buying big-ticket weapons systems produced by the American defense industry, and more NATO countries are inching toward agreed-upon defense spending goals. But is it enough?
Outgunned Allies Must Contest Baltic, Black Seas: NATO Admiral
WASHINGTON: “When I was an ensign, a lieutenant, we knew we could beat the Russians. It was just a question of time because we were better than them,” NATO’s top admiral said. “I’m not sure we could make that assumption now.” The European allies suffer many shortfalls at sea, said Vice Adm. Clive Johnstone, the […]