Navy/USMC
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Air ForceWhither the F-35’s AN/APG-85?
With a radar or without, F-35A iron on the ramp is what some are voicing as a major Air Force need. A 24-page Long Term U.S. Air Fighter Force Structure […]
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Navy/USMCNavy SWO Boss Sees Zumwalt’s Powering Lasers, Repeating Aegis-Like Development For Battleship
SAN DIEGO – The three-ship Zumwalt-class destroyer’s ability to generate electricity, and its size, makes it the right candidate to test lasers and other weapons in preparation for the Trump-class […]
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Navy/USMCFY ‘27 Budget Will Double FY ‘26 Ship Procurement Numbers And Focus On Auxiliary, SecNav Says
SAN DIEGO – Navy Secretary John Phelan on Thursday hinted that the Navy’s fiscal year 2027 budget request will more than double the 17 ships funded in the FY ‘26 […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Mulls New Robotic And Autonomous Warfighter Role To Integrate Drones Into Strike Groups
SAN DIEGO – Navy leadership is starting to consider creating a Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) warfighting commander within carrier strike groups to coordinate drone operations the service tackles how […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Pushing For Full 35-Ship LSM Fleet, Next Budget To Fund Up To 23 Ships
SAN DIEGO – A Marine Corps official this week confirmed the service is pushing for all 35 Landing Ship Medium (LSM) vessels in its plans to be the full LSM […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Tap Kodiak AI To Integrate Autonomous Driving Tech With ROGUE-Fires Platform
The Marine Corps has picked Kodiak AI [KDK] to integrate its autonomous driving technology onto Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) used for the Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires […]
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Navy/USMCAcceleration Plan Pulls First Columbia Sub Delivery Back To 2028 And Is 65 Percent Complete, Official Says
SAN DIEGO–The Navy’s first Columbia-class submarine is back on schedule to deliver by 2028 after the Navy and industry implemented an acceleration plan that put all the modules to the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Wants Runway Independent Long-Range UAS For Operations From Surface Combatants
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in partnership with the Navy, is soliciting solutions for runway independent long-range unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that deploy as suicide drones or deliver a munition […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Leaders See Battleship As Force Function For Lasers, Zumwalt As Testbed For Battleship
SAN DIEGO – Top Navy officers this week argued the Trump-class battleship may become a “forcing function” to bolster the demand signal for laser weapon development while the Zumwalt-class destroyer […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Pick GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A CCA To Inform Future MUX TACAIR Efforts
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced Tuesday it has been selected to support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. […]