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Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008
Courtney E. Howard
LynuxWorks Provides RTOS for Shipboard Self-Defense System Engineers at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems have built the next-generation combat system on the LynxOS real-time operating system (RTOS) mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2006
Northrop Grumman Awards Raytheon $218 Million Subcontracts Raytheon will provide the electronic systems and integration for the next three ships in the LPD 17 class. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2009
Edward J. Walsh
Navy steps out on MODERNIZATION Top Navy leaders are struggling to balance the right kind of ships, the best number of platforms, and the best mix of electronic and electro-optic technologies to meet the changing worldwide threats of the 21st century. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2008
Edward J. Walsh
Navy Advances Surface-Ship Technologies Program managers go all-out on open systems and COTS to upgrade existing destroyers, cruisers, and other surface warships, while looking ahead to new destroyer and cruiser electronics and electro-optics technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2007
Edward J. Walsh
Shipboard Electronics Tune up for Future Conflicts Navy pushes smart engineering and open-systems architectures for the shipboard electronics and electro-optics aboard the nation's combat fleet. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
Ed Walsh
Navy looks to technology to balance budget cuts Transformational plans for the seagoing service call for vast levels of wired and wireless networking of ships, submarines, aircraft, weapons, communications systems, RF antennas, and more, to offset planned cutbacks in new platform development. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010
Edward J. Walsh
Navy on the verge of major shipboard electronics breakthroughs Open-architecture and COTS technologies are critical for advances in ship propulsion, navigation and guidance, weapons control, ballistic missile defense, modular mission packages, and related systems for the nation's maritime defense. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2004
Ben Ames
Teams Build Competing Command-and-Control Systems for Littoral Combat Ships Navy planners are asking for two different prototypes of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the multimission warship designed to cruise shallow waters close to shore. Neither will use Aegis. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2009
Edward J. Walsh
Warship radar technology designers set sights on next-generation Navy cruiser The companies are stressing compliance with Navy "open-architecture" mandates, technology risk reduction, and the need to meet new airborne and missile threats. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2015
Valerie Insinna
'Distributed Lethality' Concept Boosts Navy's Need For New Weaponry A new concept called "distributed lethality," describes how legacy vessels would be packed with off-the-shelf weapons and sensors that make them more deadly and survivable. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2006
Ed Walsh
The Next Step for Shipboard Electronics Growth of the U.S. Navy's fleet of surface warships and submarines is riding on systems innovation and new technologies to introduce open-systems solutions for network-centric warfare, ballistic-missile defense, and other capabilities for the 21st century maritime warfare. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2015
Valerie Insinna
Questions Remain About Navy's Modified Littoral Combat Ship Instead of cutting down the program of record, the service will procure the full 52-ship buy, and the last 20 ships will be outfitted with beefed up weapons, sensors and armor, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert announced in December. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2009
Grace V. Jean
Navy's Shipbuilding Strategy Remains Under Fire A fleet of 278 ships today -- less than half of what it was two decades ago -- is likely to continue to shrink unless the Navy can contain the soaring costs of building new ships. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
John McHale
Key Tactical Data Link Systems Clear Operational Testing U.S. Navy experts are moving ahead with an upgrade to the Tactical Data Link (TDL) system onboard Navy ships after testing the data link earlier this year. The TDL will transfer information quickly and securely among military assets. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2008
Grace V. Jean
Ship Construction Costs Endanger Navy's Fleet Expansion With runaway shipbuilding costs, disruptions in key programs and competing budgetary needs, the Navy is heading into one of its toughest procurement cycles yet. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2007
Grace Jean
Defense System Detects Swarming Boats in Coastal Waters Lockheed Martin has developed a system that detects vessels at long distances to allow operators ample time to identify hostile situations and engage targets. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2004
Roxana Tiron
Navy Downsizing Could Weaken Marine Corps Expeditionary Posture As the U.S. Navy's investments and planning point towards a shrinking fleet, it remains unclear how the downsizing will affect the Marine Corps and its ability to carry out expeditionary warfare missions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Shipbuilding Plan Sailing Into Turbulent Seas Cutbacks in personnel, training and maintenance costs will fuel a moderate growth in Navy procurement programs starting in 2008, albeit at a slower pace than Navy leaders had forecast a year ago, analysts estimate. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2008
Sandra I. Erwin
As the Cost of Sailors Rises, Navy Finds Ways to Get Them Off Ships Navy ships in the future may go to sea with fewer, but perhaps happier sailors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2009
John Keller
Military laser weapon research aims at defending U.S. Navy ships at sea U.S. Navy researchers are asking two U.S. defense contractors to develop military laser prototypes of a future laser weapon of megawatt power to defend warships at sea from future maritime threats. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2008
Courtney E. Howard
USS Freedom Demonstrates Its Power Plant Can Handle Vessel's Sensors and Electronics U.S. Navy personnel powered up the nation's first littoral combat ship to demonstrate that the on-board electric plant can deliver the power required by the warship's advanced sensors and electronics systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2014
Valerie Insinna
Littoral Combat Ship Faces Uncertain Future On Feb. 24, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed rumors that had been swirling around the littoral combat ship program for months -- instead of going forward with its planned 52 ship buy, purchases would be limited to 32. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Navy Seeks to Avert Precipitous Decline in the Size of the Fleet An ambitious Navy plan to expand the size of the fleet not only assumes a considerable surge in spending, but also a fundamental shift in the preparation and execution of ship programs, senior officials say. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2013
Dan Parsons
Energy Weapons: The Next Gunpowder? The U.S. military has been investigating and investing in solid-state lasers and other directed energy weapons for half a century. All that work has finally paid off, as the Navy is set to deploy the first laser small enough to fit on a ship. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2009
Grace V. Jean
Navy Probes Commercial Ship Operators for Repair Tips In its quest to preserve and prolong the life of its surface ships, the Navy is seeking to take advantage of technologies and practices resident in the commercial shipping world. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2014
Stew Magnuson
China's Navy Takes Great Leap Forward China's navy is growing, analysts said. And it's not only the number of ships increasing. Modernization of its fleets is going hand in hand with new types of vessels including the stated goal of building indigenous aircraft carriers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2012
Eric Beidel
Navy Leaders Want a More Flexible Fleet After fighting two land wars for a decade, the military is putting an emphasis back on the sea and is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to a more maritime-weighted mission in the Middle East. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Carrier Flight Decks Will Have `Pit Stops' for Navy Fighter Jets A new aircraft carrier that is scheduled to enter service during the next decade will offer a radically different approach to servicing and prepping fighter jets. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2009
Grace V. Jean
Marines Eye Littoral Combat Ship for Future Missions The increased demand for naval support in coastal areas, meanwhile, is creating a growing demand for ships that are even smaller than the LCS mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2007
In Brief Boeing to develop advanced sensor for next-generation munition... Lockheed Martin delivers volume search radar antenna for U.S. Navy's Zumwalt destroyer program... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2014
Stew Magnuson
Navy Ship Numbers for Asia-Pacific Shift Don't Add Up The Defense Department's strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific region has gone hand in hand with a budget crunch, which in turn may test the Navy's ability to maintain a sufficient number of ships to carry out a global mission, analysts said. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2012
Eric Beidel
Carrier Debate Rages in Face Of New Threats The super carrier has been a symbol of U.S. power around the globe for decades, but increasing costs and other factors have critics questioning the need for so many of the giant warships. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2015
Ben Freeman
Canceling the DDG-1000 Destroyer Program Was a Mistake The U.S. Navy's DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers are extraordinarily expensive, but ending the Zumwalt program in favor of buying upgraded versions of the decades-old Arleigh-Burke DDG-51 destroyers limits the Navy's capabilities without significantly reducing costs mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2009
Grace V. Jean
Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2014
Valerie Insinna
Confusion Surrounds Navy's Carrier-Based Drone The Navy in 2010 first released a request for information for the unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, or UCLASS, but officials took years debating whether it wanted a revolutionary technology or something less risky. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2007
Grace Jean
Fleet Expansion Hinges On Littoral Combat Ship The Navy took its new warship, the littoral combat ship, from concept to reality in record speed. The service, however, may take years to define the vessel's future missions and develop its various weapon systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
John Keller
Joining sensors through data fusion Data experts are are relying on various approaches to refine sensor outputs into useful information, and essentially create a whole sensor picture that is greater than the sum of its parts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
September 2003
Douglas McGray
The Best Defense Is a Good Upgrade This $4.5 billion piece of next-gen naval hardware is already obsolete -- by design. Welcome aboard the flexible technology platform called the USS Ronald Reagan. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Robert H. Williams
SATCOM Hardware Will Be Downsized on Navy Ships The Navy wants to consolidate seven SATCOM programs into two: the Naval Multiband Terminal and a commercial broadband service, known as CBSP. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2014
Dan Parsons
Littoral Combat Ship Will Be Modified, If Not Replaced The Navy may soon dramatically change course on its decade-long, multi-billion dollar experiment to build a relatively inexpensive surface combatant. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2015
Jon Harper
Navy Working on 'Sci-Fi' Weapons The Navy's research-and-development dollars are going toward systems that will help the service stay ahead of advanced weaponry being developed by China and other potential adversaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2005
Grace Jean
Navy Must Close Budget Gap To Build Future Fleet Amid budget constraints and rising shipbuilding costs, the Navy faces a significant challenge in building its future force, according to naval analysts. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Harold Kennedy
Navy Seeks to Simplify Ship Maintenance To keep ships ready to deploy, the U.S. Navy is working to reduce the time that its ships spend in maintenance. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller
Navy Looks to Software-Defined Radio to Supplement or Replace Satellite Communications Raytheon engineers will investigate new modular, software-defined digital radio architectures to improve data link performance with high-throughput waveforms in all frequency bands. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2013
Valerie Insinna
Littoral Combat Ship Sets Sail on First Deployment As the littoral combat ship USS Freedom sets out for Singapore this spring, Navy officials are hoping a smooth first deployment will finally prove the ship's worth to critics. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2005
Harold Kennedy
Navy's High-Speed Vessel Aids Relief Effort The HSV-2 Swift may be a forerunner of a next-generation fleet of fast, shallow-draft American-built transports capable of operating close along the shorelines of the world's hot spots. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2005
Robert H. Williams
Navy's New Carrier: An Electrifying Ride Construction of the Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier, the CVN-21, could begin as early as this year, even though the ship's design continues to evolve. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
August 28, 2008
Joe Pappalardo
5 Reasons the U.S. Navy's Scared (and What They're Doing About It) It's a well-known rule of thumb in military circles: protection from the things that scare the Pentagon receive R&D money. mark for My Articles similar articles