What’s new in naval tech? Highlights from WEST 2025
The U.S. Navy is shifting its focus towards advanced software and AI to enhance capabilities and readiness for future conflicts, prioritizing speed and adaptability over new ships or aircraft.
‘More work to be done’ to lower barriers to tech-sharing for AUKUS Pillar II, Australian official says
The problem lies within the Excluded Technology List (ELT), a list of tech that is not eligible for transfer under the existing AUKUS exemptions.
Don’t force Pacific Island nations to choose between us or China, says UK Royal Navy admiral
“The way in which global trade is interconnected at the moment means that China has a trump card of maritime trade that no other nation on the planet’s got,” said Rear Adm. James Parkin, a senior officer in the UK's Royal Navy.
‘Considerable’ effects: How the Osprey groundings hit one Navy wing
Capt. Andrew Beard said his aircraft are divided into two fleets: those with gearboxes under 400 flights hour and those above 400 flight hours, the former of which have more restrictions.
To be ready for China in 2027, think new software, not ships: Navy tech officer
"New warships are not coming. New aircraft are not coming in that [2027] timeline," Chief Technology Officer of Task Force Hopper, Lt. Artem Sherbinin, said. "But software is."
Army anticipates return of repaired logistics vessel prototype by month’s end
The service wants to get the MSV-L into the US Indo-Pacific theater by the April-June timeframe to resume experimentation and follow-on testing.
MQ-25 will fly in 2025, fly off carriers in 2026, says Navy’s air boss
Vice Adm. Daniel Cheever expressed confidence in the Navy's ability to seamlessly integrate the new tanker into the air wing despite challenges associated with unmanned technologies and carrier flight operations.
A shipbuilding action plan for the Trump administration
Former navy undersecretary Erik Raven lays out his recommendation for how Trump administration can push ahead on shipbuilding.