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Maritime Security
June 2019
DARPA to Use Shrimp, Plankton to Detect Undersea Threats
The 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
The Office of Naval Research awarded re2 Robotics a $2.5 million contract to continue to develop an underwater robotic arm. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
March 2018
Navy to Send More Unmanned Systems to Sea
By Jon HarperThe Navy is moving ahead with unmanned surface and undersea vehicle development, and pursuing enabling technologies that will make the platforms operationally effective. -
Navy News
January 2018
Navy Faces Gap in Counter-Mine Systems
The Navy is on the lookout for new, advanced counter-mine technology as a number of its legacy systems age, service officials have indicated. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
January 2018
Navy Officials Speed Up Acquisition of Unmanned Maritime Systems
By Jon HarperThe Navy is steaming ahead on a number of unmanned undersea vehicles and unmanned surface vehicle projects, as program officials face pressure to accelerate the acquisition of new capabilities. -
Navy News
June 2017
Navy Nuclear Chief Concerned About Rocket Motor Industry
By Jon HarperThe director of the Navy’s strategic systems programs is worried about the state of the solid rocket motor industry, a critical supplier of technology for the Trident D 5 submarine-launched ballistic missile. -
Intelligence and Surveillance
May 2017
‘Digital Ocean’ Concept Could Connect Sensors at Sea
Sensors that collect vast amounts of information are increasingly proliferating throughout the ocean. One company is working on a way to consolidate that data. -
Special Operations
May 2017
SOCOM Seeks New Equipment for Combat Divers
By Jon HarperU.S. Special Operations Command is looking for a variety of new technologies to enhance the capability of its combat divers, a program manager said May 17.
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