Interview with Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden: Priorities, and DDG 1000
Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden is the director for Surface Warfare on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff (OPNAV N96), and …
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The U.S. Navy of 2030
Looking ahead is always daunting; crystal balls are not what they once were. If you were looking 20-odd years ahead …
Knifefish Mine-hunting UUV to Begin Operational Testing in 2015
“Knifefish provides capability that we don’t have with UUVs today,” said Capt. Duane Ashton, a program manager for unmanned maritime …
Naval Missiles Today
The state of the art (SOTA) in naval missiles, as with so many other military systems, is not a simple …
The Future of Mine Countermeasures
This year, the Navy commissions its third and fourth littoral combat ships, or LCS, a revolutionary new warship design that …
Saab Invites Sea Giraffe Naval Radar User Feedback at San Diego Workshop
Operators, maintainers and supporters of the Sea Giraffe naval radar system will meet in San Diego for the Sea Giraffe …
U.S. Navy Year in Review
For the U.S. Navy, 2011 will forever be known as the year the service’s special warriors caught and killed Osama …
Unmanned Systems’ Future Lies in Autonomy
In the face of the most draconian U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget cuts in at least a generation, affordability …
U.S. Navy Orders Two More All-aluminum JHSV (Joint High-Speed Vessels)
The U.S. Navy has exercised contract options funding the construction of the eighth and ninth Joint High-Speed Vessels (JHSV), at …
Littoral Combat Ship to Be Named for Former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced Feb. 10, 2012, that a littoral combat ship will be named for former U.S. Representative …