NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy has been conducting flights between ships as part of an effort to experiment with a cargo unmanned aerial system for maritime use. Recently, the Navy used an aerial vehicle to transport a part 200…
Navy’s AARGM-ER Missile Tracking Toward 2023 IOC
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The Navy’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) is tracking toward an initial operational capability of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, the Navy program manager said. The Northrop Grumman-built AGM-84G AARGM-ER is a growth of the…
SAIC Partners to Promote Loitering Munition, Underwater Comms System
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — SAIC (Booth 801) is working with partners on weapons systems it says are of great interest to the U.S. Navy and other militaries: a loitering munition, such as those that have seen action in Ukraine, and…
Russia is Acute Threat, China is Priority Threat, Speakers Say
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Defense Department will continue to have a priority focus on China despite the global military community’s recent attention to the war in Ukraine, said Elbridge “Bridge” Colby, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of…
More Than 50 Employers Discuss Civilian Transitions at Job Fair
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Navy Lt. j.g. Jen Fishbein is in transition. She has a baby due in August, she’s studying for a master’s degree in executive public management and she’s scheduled to separate from the military in two years…
Saunes Recognized With National President’s Medal
On Monday, April 4, the Navy League of the United States honored retired Rear Adm. Lars Saunes, professor and distinguished international fellow and former Chief of Royal Norwegian Navy, with its National President’s Medal. The nonprofit bestows this award to…
Congressmen: Shipyard Improvements Will Continue to Lag With Proposed Budget
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A major solution to the U.S. Navy’s chronic problems of building new ships and maintaining existing vessels is to make extensive and rapid improvements in its public shipyards and to encourage similar investments in the private…
Ultra’s ASW Sonobuoy Business Booming
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The return of great power competition, which some call a new Cold War, is a bull market for the antisubmarine warfare sonobuoy business. Sonobuoys — expendable floating sensors fitted with acoustic receivers, transmitters or both —…
CMS Outlook: The Two-Front Cold War Has Begun – How Should We Handle It?
A two-front Cold War has begun, and history seems to repeat. Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and partnership with China’s President Xi mirrors Kim Il-sung’s invasion of South Korea, which was only possible due to Stalin and Mao’s blessing. Aggressors…
Lockheed Seeks to Field Aegis Combat System Capabilities Faster Through Baseline 10
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Lockheed Martin (Booth 1001) is promoting a new advancement to the Aegis Combat System that aims to increase the speed at which new upgrades can be made to the system. Lockheed hopes to use this new…
