Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-4C Triton Flying Test Bed (FTB) has demonstrated persistent long-range targeting during this year’s EX Northern Edge 2023 in Alaska. This demonstration highlighted Triton’s potential to enhance joint, distributed maritime operations, and further support sea-control in contested…
The University of Rhode Island has formalized a research and education partnership with Adselaide-based Flinders University that will bolster Australia’s efforts to produce the skilled workforce it needs to deliver on the AUKUS security pact. This includes building Australia’s undersea…
The Australian Government will establish a new agency and a new regulator as part of its commitment to delivering Australia’s conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines. The Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) will be established by Executive Order on 1 July this year and…
The US Navy has declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for its uncrewed Mine Counter Measures (MCM) System. The system consists of the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) MCM mission package (MCM MP) and Raytheon’s AN/AQS-20 Sonar Mine Detection Sets.…
The US Navy’s Office of Naval research – Global (ONR- Global) has called for proposals for its Global-X Challenge. This is designed to spur revolutionary innovation and teaming for a proof of concept within nine months. The Office of Naval Research will…
Australia will acquire at least three and possibly five US Virginia-class submarines, starting in the early 2030s – pending US Congressional approval; and it will build in Adelaide eight SSN-AUKUS conventionally-armed nuclear-powered submarines, based on a UK design, incorporating cutting…
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth more than US$2 billion, if all options are exercised, to integrate the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon system onto ZUMWALT-class guided missile destroyers (DDGs). The CPS will enter service during the mid-2020s,…
Adelaide-based AML3D Limited has won a $1millipn contract from the US Navy to supply a large-scale, industrial ARCEMY ‘X-Edition 6700’ Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing metal 3D printing system. This will support the US Navy’s accelerating adoption of Wire Arc additive manufacturing…
French undersea autonomy specialist Exail took part in the US Navy’s recent Digital Horizon Unmanned & Artificial Intelligence Exercise in Bahrain. The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet held the three-week exercise in December to test new unmanned technologies, as part of…
The US Navy has demonstrated a new launch and recovery concept for large unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs). This follows a collaborative R&D effort by a U.S. Navy team from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Newport, and Huntington Ingalls…