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...
View ArticleAlong 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.
View ArticleAs Navy Mulls Ship Cuts, New 2nd Fleet Opens For Business
The 2nd Fleet says it’s ready to hunt Russian subs and start pushing into the Arctic. But it can only do that if the Navy can spare the ships.
View ArticleUS 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...
View ArticleNavy’s New Unmanned Fleet Likely To Hunt Chinese & Russian Subs
Tracking and harassing submarines will likely be a key job for the new generation of networked, unmanned ships.
View ArticleNavy 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.
View ArticleNew 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
View ArticleNorway, US Bolster Russian Sub Watching With New Bases
The US government will pay for all facilities it builds on Norwegian soil, and will not permanently base any troops there, officials in Oslo were quick to point out.
View ArticleVersatile multi-domain MQ-9B SeaGuardian has revolutionized anti-submarine...
[Sponsored] The first unmanned aerial system of its kind that can search the ocean surface and the depths in support of naval intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
View ArticleNew Nunn-McCurdy cost breach in Navy’s latest LCS misstep
The cost breach is one in a series of public missteps the Navy has had in recent years with the Littoral Combat Ships and the associated mission packages.
View ArticleUK seeks unmanned sub-hunting helicopter, puts Leonardo under contract
While the priority is to support anti-submarine warfare missions, the MoD also suggested potential use cases for ship-to-ship resupply and casualty evacuation.
View ArticleAustralian MoD: Over $1.5B AUD in pipeline for fourth Triton, P-8 upgrades
“The purchase of an additional Triton will enhance operations from Australia’s northern bases, a priority under the Defence Strategic Review,” Pat Conroy, minister for defense industry, said in a...
View ArticleBAE touts upgunned missile tubes for $45B AUD Hunter ASW fleet
“There’s no more cost that gets added to the program outside that one design zone change, therefore when you consider that as a value for money, it avoids having to complete a brand-new design from...
View ArticleTransparent Sea: AUKUS looks to AI, quantum in hunt for Chinese submarines
AI analysis of sensor data, including new kinds of quantum-based detection, could give a lethal edge in undersea warfare — to either the Australia-UK-US alliance or to China.
View ArticleGeneral Atomics Aeronautical’s new advances in remotely piloted and...
[Sponsored] Unmanned aircraft in development by GA-ASI and its partners will be part of the discussion at the Singapore Airshow to ensure responsible world powers have the tools to keep ahead of...
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