The U.S. Navy has two aging 40+ year old Submarine Tenders, USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) and
USS Frank Cable (AS 40). Both are forward-deployed and based at Apra Harbor, Guam. They
deploy throughout…
U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Michael M. Gilday offered insight and outlook as to the current and future fleet for the U.S. Navy, including shipbuilding plans.
The U.S. Navy has built 27 Ticonderoga-class AEGIS cruisers from 1980-1994 with 21 still in service, retired, and one laid up. These are the warships that often ride “Shotgun” to the aircraft carriers…
The Boeing MQ-25A “Stingray” is being built as an unmanned tanker to fly off aircraft carriers and refuel US Navy and US Marine Corps jets, but will the US Navy create an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) as originally planned ?
USSOCOM’s PEO Maritime presented updates on ongoing Naval Special Warfare (NSW) programs during SOFIC 2021 Virtual Expo. Peter Ong reports on what caught his attention.
Line 3 shows FIRES (+48) Tactical Tomahawk missiles for $96 million as a U.S.M.C. Unfunded Priority. Naval News has already covered the Naval Strike Missile’s
The U.S. Navy has received $1 million dollars from Congress to start research and development in FY2021 for a successor to the current Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN).
At SOFIC 2021, United States Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) presented the concept of an amphibious MC-130J “Commando II” special forces transport turboprop aircraft called “MAC”
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has acquired the Switchblade 600, an improved loitering munition compared to the Switchblade 300 made by AeroVironment.
Acusonic by Thales detects incoming fire from about 1.5 kilometers (0.93 miles) away for “large caliber small arms fire.” This acoustic direction-finding sensor system can be mounted on army armored vehicles and small naval maritime vessels.
