Navy/USMC
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Epirus Reveals High-Power Microwave Disables Boat Motors, Used In Navy Test
Epirus recently unveiled the name and test results of its new prototype high-energy high-power microwave (HPM) system that can disable various unmanned vehicle engines, the Leonidas H2O. The company on […]
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Navy/USMC
New SSBN 12-18 Months Late But Trying To Recover Partial Time, Navy Tells Lawmakers
A Navy official told a panel of senators last week that the lead Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine is currently running 12 to 18 months late, but they are trying to […]
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Navy/USMC
Next Two Carriers Running Even Later, PEO Carriers Says
The next two Ford-class aircraft carriers are running significantly behind schedule than previously estimated, a Navy official told lawmakers last Tuesday. In his opening oral and written statements before the […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Blue Water Autonomy, With Plans For Autonomous Oceangoing Navy Ships, Raises $14 Million
A Boston-based startup with plans to design and build autonomous unmanned ships that can operate in the open ocean with the Navy’s fleet emerged from stealth last Friday with a […]
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Navy/USMC
NAVAIR Head Warns First MQ-25 Flight This Year Still Requires “A Ton Of Work”
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) this week warned a lot of work is still required with the new MQ-25 Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker […]
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Trump Issues Executive Order Aimed At Revamping Maritime Policy, Investments In Domestic Shipbuilding
President Trump on Wednesday signed a sweeping executive order aimed at vastly changing the government’s maritime policy and pushing for more investments in domestic shipbuilding. The large, 24-section order is […]
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Navy/USMC
Counter-C5ISR and Long Range Fires Top of Paparo’s List to Deter China
To deter China, long-range fires and counter command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) are top priorities for U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of U.S. […]
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Air Force
Trump Administration Support for Nuclear Triad May Lead to Sentinel Reprieve
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday executive order, Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base, speaks of cancellations of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) that are 15 percent […]
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Navy/USMC
SecNav Phelan: Navy Change Is Coming, Considers Warfare Like A Business
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – In his first public address after becoming Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan on Wednesday said “change is coming” as he plans to focus on increasing […]
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Navy/USMC
Wittman: Navy Must Decide If Frigate Should Be Fixed Or Scrapped
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Lawmakers on Wednesday questioned the Navy’s decisions on how it builds and maintains ships, with a top member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) questioning […]
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