Mine hunting goes remote as the Navy replaces minesweepers with robots
With minesweepers retired, the US is turning to remote and robotic mine-neutralization tactics.
After ship deals, young Turkish firm ASFAT eyes expansion, new export markets: Exec
ASFAT eyes to become a hub in aircraft maintenance and overhaul for Europe, Asia and Middle East countries, yet the main revenues of the firm come from the naval sector.
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Navy’s unmanned minesweeper clears underwater shock trials
“This brings us one step closer to delivering the [Mine Countermeasure] mission package to the fleet," a Navy official said.
Raytheon To Demo Mine Hunting Sonar For Royal Navy
Raytheon executives say they will team up with Atlas Electronics to demonstrate their sonar off the coast of Scotland at an industry exhibition dubbed WISE-X.
Navy Salvages Wreck Of Grounded Minesweeper USS Guardian
And then there were 13: Navy salvaging wreck of minesweeper GUARDIAN http://1.usa.gov/WXgcnk Only 13 left in fleet: http://aol.it/YIlOw4 SydneyFreedberg
Navy Will Cancel Maintenance On 23 Ships On Feb. 15; Small Shipyards, Readiness At Risk
WASHINGTON: The cliff is closer than you think. Pop quiz: When does congressional gridlock start to undermine military readiness? March 2nd, when the automatic cuts known as sequestration will begin to go into effect? March 27, when the Continuing Resolution now funding the government on a stop-gap basis will expire? Give up? It’s February 15, […]
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From requirement-driven to market-ready: Rethinking how defense technology reaches the warfighter
As threats continue to evolve, speed will increasingly depend on what is already available when the need emerges.
CNO Greenert: ‘We’re Not Downsizing, We’re Growing’ – Especially In Pacific
WASHINGTON: Full speed ahead and damn the drawdown — that’s the confident note that the Navy’s top admiral struck today. “We’re not downsizing, we’re growing,” declared Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the Chief of Naval Operations, at the National Press Club. “The ship count is going up and the number of people is going up.” Adding up […]
Eye On Speed, Navy Minesweepers Take Cues From NASCAR
PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA: Minesweeping and “fast” are two words you’d normally be nervous about hearing in the same sentence. But as the Navy looks to new technologies to remedy its decades-long neglect of mine warfare — a favorite weapon of both Iran and China — it sees real potential to speed up a painfully slow […]
‘Deadly Serious’ Navy Wrestles With Mine Warfare Modernization
[updated 12:45 Tuesday with VCNO Burke comment] PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA: Improving the Navy’s long-neglected capability to hunt mines is a top priority for the fleet — but it still gets less than 1 percent of the Navy budget. “We do have a sense of urgency and I think we’re applying as much resources as we […]
Rise Of Robot Boats: How The Navy Might Hunt Sea Mines
LAS VEGAS: “Keeping the sailor out of the minefield,” the Navy’s new mantra for mine warfare, means sending the robots in. As part of an annual exercise in July called “Trident Warrior,” the fleet experimented with an unmanned ship developed by Textron subsidiary AAI and known blandly as the Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV). The […]
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Iran Mine Threat Scares Navy; CNO Scrambles To Fix Decades Of Neglect
WASHINGTON: Iran’s threat to strangle oil tanker traffic through the Straits of Hormuz has the Navy scrambling to redress its decades-old neglect of mine warfare. Admirals from the Chief of Naval Operations on down have publicly admitted the service is not where it needs to be. “What I find amazing is the amount of interest […]