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CongressHouse Seapower Leaders Push Legislation For Minimum 31 Amphibious Ship Requirement
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) seapower panel introduced legislation that would keep the Navy from going below 31 amphibious battle force ships, as is the Marine […]
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UncategorizedCNO Unsure If Navy Will Need MUSVs, Explains Retiring Ground-Based Growlers
The Chief of Naval Operations on Thursday said he was unsure if the future force would need a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel at all and separately explained why the fiscal […]
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UncategorizedLPD-32 Buys Time For Navy To Decide On Next Amphibs, Navy Officials Say
Top Navy officials this week said the service’s budget plan to buy only one more San Antonio-class (LPD-17) Flight II amphibious transport dock ship, LPD-32, and end the program buys […]
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Navy/USMCNavy May Decide To Extend Oldest Nimitz-Class Carriers In Next Budget
The Navy might decide to keep some Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in the fleet longer than previously planned, two service officials said Wednesday. “We actually are doing a study right now […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS Sticks With RAND To Lead Homeland Security FFRDC
The Department of Homeland Security has selected the non-profit RAND Corp. to continue to lead a federally-funded research and development center (FFRDC) that provides mission level technical and integration expertise […]
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UncategorizedHII Launches Odyssey Autonomy Suite
HII [HII] recently launched its new Odyssey suite of autonomy solutions that it says can be put on any ground, air, surface sea, or undersea vehicle to be made into […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Argues FY ‘23 Fleet Request Responsible As More Than Just Numbers
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – This week the Chief of Naval Operations defended the Navy’s fiscal year 2023 budget request fleet additions by comparing his focus on a credible and supportable […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin Publishes Open-Source Standard for On-Orbit Docking
Aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin [LMT] published an open-source, non-proprietary Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard for on-orbit spacecraft docking on Monday and made it available for download on their website. The […]
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UncategorizedHASC Seapower Leaders Support Continuing LPD-17 Flight II, Agree LHA-9 Request Duplicative
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Seapower subcommittee support continuing the Flight II San Antonio-class (LPD) amphibious transport dock ships, as opposed to […]
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UncategorizedMDA Decides On Guam Defense Architecture
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Monday revealed the architecture to defend Guam against ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles will consist of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aegis combat system, Raytheon Technologies […]
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