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How autonomous tech can make combat engineering safer
In this op-ed, an Army captain argues the military investing in autonomous tech can increase the efficiency and safety of its combat engineering units.
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Trump 2.0 and the fracture of US cyber power
In this op-ed, a research analyst argues Trump’s push to split America’s “dual-hatted” cyber operations leadership would be a significant misstep.
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Navy’s readiness push means longer maintenance for current ships
For the Navy to meet its goal of having 80% of its fleet ready to deploy by 2027, the service must stick to its maintenance schedule.
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In 12 years, almost no takers for Marines’ career intermission program
After a dozen years, fewer than half of the spots available from the program’s first year alone have been claimed.
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11 Baltic cables damaged in 15 months, pushing NATO to boost security
NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with Baltic shores.
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BAE awarded $70 million Navy contract to overhaul Mk 45 guns
The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.
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Philippines launches comic to counter China’s South China Sea claims
One fictional student in the 40-page comic book describes China as a bully and another says Beijing’s “behavior is outrageous.”
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Can fresh icebreakers break the ice between the US and Canada?
The Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact, between the United States, Canada and Finland is meant to pool new ship construction.
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How US Navy leaders see power evolving at ‘dawn of the information age’
The U.S. Navy championed digital weaponry as the decider of future fights in its inaugural cyber strategy, published in November.
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West 2024: A roundup of news and military tech in San Diego
From Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro issuing a frank warning to industry to lessons learned from Houthi engagements, here’s what you may have missed.
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Navy to establish second surface drone unit this spring
U.S. Pacific Fleet head Adm. Samuel Paparo announced the new unit at the West 2024 conference in San Diego.
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Del Toro asks Navy contractors to consider taxpayers over shareholders
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said he needs companies to deliver their weapons, warships, aircraft and more on time and on budget and without excuses.
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More Navy ships get Overmatch networking following Carl Vinson tests
U.S. Navy officials have in the past said Project Overmatch’s rollout would first concentrate on the Indo-Pacific.
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US, Japan tightening military bond, Pacific Fleet admiral says
Adm. Samuel Paparo said the US and Japan have modernized their military and industrial base relationships to keep up with the security environment.
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Houthi rebels present little threat to undersea cables, US admiral says
The undersea menacing coincides with one-way drone and missile attacks on U.S. forces across the Greater Middle East.
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Navy selects principal cyber advisor to replace St. Pierre
“Each and everyone of us in this room today has a responsibility to cybersecurity,” said Scott St. Pierre, the service’s current principal cyber advisor.
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Marines’ underwater missile-delivery drone faces key test this month
The Marines will put a new semi-submersible boat to the test designed to stealthily deliver ship-killing missiles to troops ashore.
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US Navy updating tactics for sensors, weapons based on Houthi attacks
Navy warfighting development commands are already churning out new tactics for training and operations in the Middle East based on ongoing Houthi attacks.
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Franchetti confident prototypes will usher in manned-unmanned fleet
The chief of naval operations said she’s bullish on the Navy’s ability to operate a manned-unmanned fleet within the next decade or so.
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Airborne Triton drone key to Navy’s signal goals, Clapperton says
The autonomous MQ-4C Triton intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting drone can fly for more than 24 hours.
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Why the Navy says its Red Sea and Gulf of Aden battles are historic
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are believed to be the first entity to ever fire an anti-ship ballistic missile in conflict.
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Northrop to showcase Project Scion tech payloads for unmanned vessels
Payloads produced by Northrop Grumman’s Project Scion were recently tested aboard a Martac T38 in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Rebellion to supply software for Navy’s secretive Project Overmatch
Project Overmatch is the Navy’s clandestine contribution to Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2.
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US Navy mulls adding info warfare specialists on more submarines
The service years ago made information warfare commanders fixtures of carrier strike groups.
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Admiral Gilday sees uncrewed vessels as critical to US Navy’s future
The U.S. Navy is investing in uncrewed systems — in the air, on the water and beneath the surface — to augment existing and near-future military might.