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Navy News
July 2022
Double Duty: Shipyards Building Two Submarine Classes Simultaneously (UPDATED)
By Nick AddeThe design and construction of the next ballistic missile submarine entails addressing a host of unprecedented challenges for the Navy, according to service officials and experts. -
Undersea Warfare
July 2022
JUST IN: Australia to Announce Nuclear-Powered Submarine Choice in Early 2023
Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles said Australia plans to announce its choice of nuclear-powered submarine in the first quarter of 2023, as the nation looks to expand its underwater fleet as part of the AUKUS agreement. -
Undersea Warfare
March 2021
Columbia Submarine Program Challenges Supply Chains
By Jon HarperThe effort to build the Navy’s next-generation ballistic missile submarine has moved into the full construction phase, but the sea service and its industry partners face supply chain challenges as they work to keep the project on track. -
Navy News
September 2020
JUST IN: New Navy Lab to Accelerate Autonomy, Robotics Programs
By Yasmin TadjdehOver the past few years, the Navy has been building out a new family of unmanned surface and underwater vehicles in a variety of sizes through various prototyping efforts. It is now standing up an integration lab to enable the systems with increased autonomy, officials said Sept. 8. -
Navy News
October 2019
NEWS FROM EWC: Navy Improving Mine Warfare Capabilities to Counter Russia, China
By Connie LeeThe Navy must improve its mine warfare capabilities as it faces an era of great power competition, said one top Navy mine official Oct. 22. -
Undersea Warfare
September 2019
Royal Navy Employing AI for Mine Hunting
By Mandy MayfieldThe United Kingdom’s Royal Navy is utilizing artificial intelligence to enable autonomous mine-hunting vessels. -
Maritime Security
June 2019
DARPA to Use Shrimp, Plankton to Detect Undersea Threats
By Mandy MayfieldThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s biological technology office will begin prototyping sensing capabilities using undersea organisms such as plankton and shrimp to detect threats. -
Undersea Warfare
May 2019
JUST IN: Allied Naval Leaders Warn of New Age of Mine Warfare
Sweden — Potential adversaries have taken note of how effective improvised explosive devices were in Iraq and Afghanistan and may try the same tactics at sea, naval leaders said May 13. “Mines are a type of asymmetric warfare. They are cheap. They are easy to place. They’re a nuisance and they are out there,” Frank DiGiovanni, deputy director of the expeditionary warfare division of the U.S. Navy, said at the Undersea Defense Technology symposium in Stockholm, Sweden. And they are not just a military problem as they can threaten commercial sea traffic and impede free trade, he added. -
Navy News
November 2018
Columbia-Class Program Must Navigate Sea of Risks
By Jon HarperThe Navy’s program to build a new ballistic missile submarine that would remain on patrol until the 2080s faces a number of hurdles, raising concerns among service officials and analysts that the first boat might not be ready on time. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
November 2018
Navy Developing Underwater Robotic Arm
By Mandy MayfieldThe Office of Naval Research awarded re2 Robotics a $2.5 million contract to continue to develop an underwater robotic arm.
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