The Navy’s never-ending quest for 355 ships: 5 Navy stories from 2024
Ship counts were clearly on the mind of US Navy officials this year as they made numerous plays to bolster the fleet in novel ways.
US Navy to extend service lives of 12 destroyers
The decision follows a similar one last year to extend the service life of the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51).
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Streamlining federal operations: achieving mission success with unified network observability
Consolidate network monitoring, performance management, and fault isolation into a single, comprehensive solution.
SASC breaks spending cap by $25 billion in FY25 defense policy bill
The amendment to break congressionally-mandated spending caps, offered by Sen. Roger Wicker, the committee's top Republican, led SASC Chairman Jack Reed to vote against the bill.
Navy awards $619M to Raytheon for SPY-6 radar backfits for destroyers
The contract is part of a larger deal, cumulatively worth $3.2 billion, the Navy and Raytheon inked in 2022.
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Every next-gen Navy ship will defend against ballistic missiles and other threats with the same radar — the SPY-6
The ability of the SPY-6 family of radars to meet today’s new threats is due to both its modular and scalable hardware and its software-defined backbone.
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The Navy’s newest, most advanced warships will all soon have one thing in common — the SPY-6 radar
The ability to track smaller and faster objects at longer distances gives naval vessels more time to respond to incoming threats.
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JADC2 gets its first C2 gateway authorized to update itself
The initial command and control gateway to earn a continuous Authority to Operate is changing multi-domain operations.
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Electrification sparks new shipbuilding
Building naval vessels with electric propulsion is a new challenge for shipyards, so “single-system vendors” will be needed to provide the electric propulsion package as a subcontractor to the shipyard.
House Passes NDAA, With $24B In Extra Pentagon Funding and Strings Attached
The NDAA easily passed and now heads to the Senate.
House Authorizers Poised To Restore Navy’s Destroyer — This Time
A committee aide said the Navy is "playing a dangerous game" when it includes major battle force ships on its unfunded priority list.
Huge Navy Exercise Helps Admirals Decide How to Remake Fleet
“We are going to do a live-fire offensive exercise,” Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, Carrier Strike Group 3 commander told reporters Tuesday. “We are going to use the unmanned surface, unmanned air, and manned air and surface to provide a targeting solution.”
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Pioneering the future of airborne ISR: ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR 600
Blending superior optics, advanced stabilization and AI-powered autonomy in a compact and rugged system, ASELFLIR 600 delivers unmatched intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
Navy’s Next Destroyer Will Ensure ‘No Target Is Out Of Range’
"We've done about all we can do with this ship and we've maxed out the space, weight, power and cooling,” Rear Adm. Paul Schlise said. "It's time to reset to a new large surface combatant."
Multiple Missiles & Lasers Eyed For Navy’s New Frigate
"We have ample margin for this hull form," said Capt. Kevin Smith, the Navy’s frigate program manager. "Some of those could lead to direct energy type projects and other capability. But right now, just as an example for weight, we have at least 100 tons of margin for future upgrades."
Navy CNO: We Need New Destroyers With More Punch
“I don’t want to build a monstrosity. But I need deeper magazines on ships than I have right now,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said today.
How The US Is Preparing To Hunt New Chinese, Russian Subs
"It’s pretty well-known now that our homeland is no longer a sanctuary,” Vice Adm. Daryl Caudle, Submarine Forces Atlantic says. "So we have to be prepared here to conduct high-end combat operations in local waters."