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January 3, 2021

Navy wants 21 new large undersea and surface attack drones in 5 years

It might not be an exaggeration to call it a drone explosion of sorts, emerging as part of a Navy plan to add as many as 21 medium and large-size drone boats over just the next five years.

January 3, 2021

Navy arms destroyers with new drone, aircraft and missile defenses

Attacking enemy cruise missiles, fighter jets, helicopters and longer-range high altitude ballistic missiles all present substantial threats to Navy surface ships, especially when multiple attacks arrive simultaneously. By and large, defending against incoming ballistic missiles and air and cruise missiles requires separate defensive systems … until now.

December 16, 2020

Pentagon Joint Chiefs cites 500-ship Navy fleet as 'aim point'

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley is directly, and without hesitation, saying that a much larger 500-ship U.S. Navy will be necessary to contain Chinese expansionist ambitions.

December 15, 2020

Drones can complete missions in 'cut off' network-denied warfare, Pentagon says

The merits and advantages of undersea, surface and air drones are too numerous to cite, as fast-increasing levels of computer and AI-enabled autonomy continue to quickly redefine modern and anticipated future warfare

December 14, 2020

Future Navy drone boats will get advanced weapons and radar

A large, armed, surface-patrolling, submarine-hunting unmanned vessel, operating in a distributed capacity teamed with manned combatants and ops centers, launches a small fleet of autonomous drone boats well forward in the fight to counterattack newly discovered enemy missile launch facilities at previously undetectable ranges … made possible by a new generation of highly-sensitive, discriminating ship-based radar technology.

December 13, 2020

Navy arms first new Flight III destroyer with next-gen weapons

Laser weapons, electronic warfare, long-range precision-strike weapons, and over-the-horizon missile attacks are but merely a few of the expanded maritime warfare mission sets planned for the U.S. Navy’s new fleet of DDG 51 Flight III destroyers, a new class of warship intended to propel the service’s ability to wage massive war on the open seas. 

December 11, 2020

Aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt conducts 'man overboard' search for missing sailor

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is looking for a "possible" man overboard in the Pacific.

December 9, 2020

US Marines can now attack from aircraft carriers with F-35C stealth fighters

Amphibious assaults, coordinated air-ground-sea strikes and dismounted individual ground attacks are all indispensable components of the Marine Corps’ mission capabilities.

December 8, 2020

Navy wants to go 'way faster' adding laser weapons to warships

Ship-fired laser weapons incinerate, destroy and surveil enemy targets at sea at quickly increasing ranges, inspiring Navy weapons developers to fast-track a growing sphere of directed energy weapons for surface ships.

December 2, 2020

Navy littoral combat ship is now armed for attack with Hellfire missiles

Should enemy helicopters, surveillance planes or armed drones be maneuvering to attack while circling above a U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship at seemingly unreachable ranges for the ship’s deck-mounted guns, commanders might be challenged to identify the best, fastest and most effective method to counterattack.