We inquired to DARPA for updates on two of its programs, the Sea Train project and the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS). Both are Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) programs…
The keel for the future USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207), the US Navy’s 3rd John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO), April 30.
USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the US Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted Acceptance Trials, April 25.
Textron Systems press release The integration follows a September 2021 award by the U.S. Navy of a multi-year Aerosonde task order for maritime intelligence, surveillance
Huntington Ingalls Industries christened the first Arleigh Burke Flight-III destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division.
At the NDIA Expeditionary Warfare Conference 2022 (EWC 2022) NAVSEA provided some insights on the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW), small boats, and the U.S. Navy’s amphibious ship-to-shore connectors…
The “tyranny of distance” problem in the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDO-PACOM) region, dotted with numerous small islands, forms the basis of the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) strategy of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO)…
Construction started on the fifth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) in San Diego during a small ceremony, Dec. 1.
The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) awards GE Power Conversion an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to maintain the power and propulsion systems aboard its vessels. The contract’s potential worth is $125 million over five years.
For purely hypothetical and speculative analysis discussion purposes, Naval News will explore the possibility of other armed and functional roles for the Large Unmanned Surface
