ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s top officer said Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers will be the first U.S. Navy ships to be armed with hypersonic missiles. “With respect to our research and development budget, hypersonics is our top priority, so we are working closely…
Navy’s Unmanned Systems Battle Problem Features All-Domain Sensing
ARLINGTON, Va.— The Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) conducted off the coast of California over the last week featured sensor data exchange and remote sensing in all domains from seabed to space, and involved a variety of scenarios, including…
STATCOM Chief Defends Low-Yield Warhead on Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles
ARLINGTON, Va. — The commander of the nation’s strategic deterrent forces again defended the low-yield nuclear warhead that the Navy has deployed at sea on Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles on board ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs). This time he cited analysis to…
Navy Orders LRASM Integration into P-8 Aircraft
ARLINGGTON, Va. — The Navy has awarded a contract to Boeing to integrate the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) into the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol reconnaissance aircraft. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Boeing a $74 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order for…
Navy’s Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 to Culminate in Missile Shoot
ARLINGTON, VA. — The U.S. Navy’s first large-scale unmanned systems (UxS) integrated battle problem (IBP) will involve manned/unmanned teaming and has a goal of developing a targeting solution for a planned missile shoot, the IBP executive agent said. The battle…
Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition Confident of Another Dual-CV Buy
ARLINGTON, Va. — The chairman of the industrial coalition of suppliers for the Navy’s aircraft carriers said the coalition supports continuing to build large aircraft carriers instead of light ones and predicts there will be another dual-carrier procurement in the…
Navy’s Triton UAV Performing Better than Expected, Admiral Says
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of developing the Navy’s unmanned aerial vehicles said the MQ-4C Triton UAV is doing well a more than a year into its first operational deployment to Guam, as the Navy looks to prove…
Former SECNAV Braithwaite Continues to Advocate for U.S. 1st Fleet for Indo-Pac
ARLINGTON, Va. — Three months after leaving office, the former secretary of the Navy is continuing to advocate for the re-establishment of a U.S 1st Fleet in the Southwestern Pacific and Indian Ocean and recommends the new fleet be expeditionary…
Rigorous Systems Engineering Vital for Ensuring USV Reliability, Admiral Says
ARLINGTON, VA. — The Navy plans to use extensive land-site testing for components and systems of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) in order to wring out risk in developing and integrating systems, the admiral in charge of developing unmanned…
U.S. Navy Orders 12 MH-60R Helicopters for South Korean Navy
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered 12 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from Lockheed Martin for the South Korean navy through Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin a $447.2 million firm fixed-price order for…
