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Undersea Warfare
November 2023
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Big Investments Needed to Achieve Autonomy for Underwater Vessels, Report Says
Full autonomy for underwater robots can be achieved in about seven years if industry and government can chip in about $100 million in research-and-development funding, a new report released Nov. 14 said. -
Undersea Warfare
August 2023
JUST IN: Official Hopes ‘Robust’ Maintenance Funding Will Aid Virginia-Class Sub Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The critical U.S. submarine program at the heart of the trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, or AUKUS, is significantly behind schedule and needs maintenance and production funding to get on course, a Defense Department official said. -
Navy News
June 2023
JUST IN: Gilday Calls for Massive International Exercise in Arctic
By Allyson ParkAdmiral Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations of the U.S. Navy, called for a massive international exercise in the Arctic, similar to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC,) due to the changing and somewhat unsure state of the current naval and maritime trade landscape. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
January 2023
JUST IN: Navy’s First ‘Extra’ Large Unmanned Sub to Go Underwater ‘Very Soon’
The Navy is preparing to transition its largest unmanned submarine to date from land-based testing to underwater trials “very soon,” a service official said Jan. 30. -
Navy News
January 2023
Navy Mine Warfare Teeters Between Present, Future
By Jan TeglerSea-based mine warfare is in a state of flux, suspended between decades-old, manned technologies and a long-promised future of multi-domain unmanned drones capable of finding and neutralizing enemy mines or covertly mining in deep and shallow waters. -
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.
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