“This occurred because the Navy determined that the MQ‑4C Triton was beneficial to the fleet despite the open deficiencies and therefore declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in August 2023 before conducting” initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E), according to a new government audit.
“The [MQ-25] platform will set a new standard for future unmanned operations from the sea,” said commander of NAVCENT and Fifth Fleet Vice Adm. George Wikoff.
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
To remove the human from the loop in uncrewed operations, the AI must be trusted to take specific actions every time certain scenarios happen based on its programming.
The two companies aim to expand the use of both their unmanned vessels by linking them together — technologically and, at times, physically.
The pause was mitigated through congressional adds and some foreign military sales to Australia.
“Does (JADC2) increase lethality? The answer should be yes. (JADC2) makes us more lethal. We're a warfighting organization. That's what this is designed to do.”—Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, director of C4 and CIO, Joint Staff.
Originally slated to deploy last year, the Triton drones will give US commanders in the Pacific a powerful new tool to conduct surveillance, and track Chinese moves from afar.
Australia looking to protect its home waters, while sending a signal to Washington that it is one of the allies that is trying to pull its weight in defending itself.
The deployment comes as Beijing and Washington race to keep tabs on one another in the South China Sea.
The return of the Russian threat has spurred US allies to pay new attention to collective defense, not just in Europe but in the North Atlantic. No ally is more critical than Canada, strategically joined at the hip with the US in NORAD. Recently, I had a chance to interview the head of the Royal […]
AI, autonomous systems, cyber, and EW converge as industry targets faster battlefield effects.
The UK, Norway and the US have signed an agreement to work together on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) in the North Atlantic which will leverage the joint acquisition of the P-8 aircraft, another example of the US and its allies an evolving defense capability in which allies are clearly key partners. The P-8s is part of […]
A key dynamic in the shift from COIN-centric land wars to a twenty-first century combat force is what the US and its closest allies will learn from each other thanks to the core weapons systems they are buying at the same time. Hidden in plain view is the emergence of a significant driver of change –- flying the same […]
WASHINGTON: The F-35 Joint Strike fighter will drive deeper and more useful military connections between Australia, the United States and regional partners such as Japan and Malaysia, the head of Australia’s air force said today. “This aircraft has redefined joint” for Australia, Air Marshal Leo Davies said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this morning, accelerating policy […]
NATIONAL HARBOR: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus may want to move drones to the top of his priorities, but what kind of unmanned systems do the Navy and Marine Corps want to buy? Don’t think Predator or even the Navy’s new 131-foot-wingspan Triton. Imagine a swarm of buzzing, scuttling or swimming robots that are smaller but smarter. While a […]
