NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A key to alleviating the chronic challenge of better maintainability and sustainability of increasingly complex naval ships is earlier and constant collaboration between the services acquisition officials and industry, starting with upfront dialogue on requirements for…
New Ship-to-Ship Cargo UAS Could Become Program of Record Soon
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Naval Air Systems Command is testing out a new unmanned cargo delivery platform that can transport small amounts of cargo between Navy ships, and a NAVAIR official said Wednesday he expects it to become a program…
Navy Must ‘Expand Our Operational Reach’ Through Tactical ISR
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy no longer has a monopoly on key technologies as it did at the end of the Cold War and now must turn to tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to gain an advantage over adversaries,…
Strategic Sealift Must Prepare for Contested Oceans, Panelists Said
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The nation’s sealift components are used to operating in peaceful seas and permissive environments but must prepare now for times when control of the seas is not assured, a panel of maritime leaders said. Speaking Aug….
Coast Guard Rings in Birthday at Sea-Air-Space
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Coast Guard celebrated its 231st birthday on Aug. 4 and Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz and service officials said it is increasing cooperation with international partners, working with industry on energy projects such as wind…
Navy Aims at Goal to Improve E-2D Mission-Capable Readiness
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is only weeks away from its goal to achieve a mission-capable rate for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based command and control aircraft of 28 aircraft, a Navy program official said. The Navy also is…
Raytheon Anticipates 5-Year Production Contract for SPY-6 Radar and Variants
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Raytheon is expecting a five-year contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command for hardware production and sustainment of all variants of the SPY-6 shipboard radar, a company official said. Raytheon anticipates the contract award in September…
Dickinson Details Tenets of Responsible Space Behavior in Domain That Shares Similarities to the Sea
Space and the sea perhaps would seem at first blush to be very different and disparate operating environments. Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, the man in charge of U.S. Space Command, believes otherwise. At a luncheon and then a media…
CH-53K Program ‘Actively Working With Israel’ to Send 18 Helos by Mid-2020s
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. government has approved a sale of 18 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters to Israel, and the program hopes to get them to Israel by the mid-2020s, according to an official. The U.S. State Department cleared the…
UISS Should Achieve IOC by Summer’s End: Official
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy has wrapped up initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) and expects the platform to be ready for fielding by the end of this summer, according to an…
