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Leonardo DRS’ “Energy Magazine” Gives the Navy Power for Shipboard Lasers and Other High-Energy Systems

Leonardo DRS’ “Energy Magazine” Gives the Navy Power for Shipboard Lasers and Other High-Energy Systems
Leonardo DRS’ “Energy Magazine” Gives the Navy Power for Shipboard Lasers and Other High-Energy Systems

Higher-power radar systems and offensive/defensive systems such as directed energy lasers require new sources of power.

Navy Acquisition Boosts Ship Contract Awards Under COVID-19

Navy Acquisition Boosts Ship Contract Awards Under COVID-19
Navy Acquisition Boosts Ship Contract Awards Under COVID-19

“I think there are ways we can come out of this much more resilient, but you know it’s hard to change bureaucracy and institutional ways of doing business [to] make sure that this disruption doesn’t go to waste,” says Navy acquisition chief James Geurts.

Navy Readies To Buy New Frigates As Industrial Base Wobbles

Navy Readies To Buy New Frigates As Industrial Base Wobbles
Navy Readies To Buy New Frigates As Industrial Base Wobbles

The Navy will recompete the program after the first 10 ships are under contract, leading to a new award and another bite at the apple for the bidders who lost out the first time around.

Battle For The Arctic: Russia Plans Nuke Icebreaker, US Counters China In Greenland

Battle For The Arctic: Russia Plans Nuke Icebreaker, US Counters China In Greenland
Battle For The Arctic: Russia Plans Nuke Icebreaker, US Counters China In Greenland

US official: “We can expect the rapidly changing Arctic system to create greater incentives for the Kremlin and the PRC to pursue agendas that clash with the interests of the United States.”

Navy Rushes To Get F-35s on USS JFK; Other Ford Carriers Wait Their Turn

Navy Rushes To Get F-35s on USS JFK; Other Ford Carriers Wait Their Turn
Navy Rushes To Get F-35s on USS JFK; Other Ford Carriers Wait Their Turn

The service’s aircraft carrier boss says the COVID economic slowdown hasn’t effected building new carriers — yet.

EXCLUSIVE DoD Seeks $2.9B For Hypersonics In 2021

EXCLUSIVE DoD Seeks $2.9B For Hypersonics In 2021
EXCLUSIVE DoD Seeks $2.9B For Hypersonics In 2021

While Army and Navy spending nearly double, Air Force and independent agency spending drops almost 40 percent.

West’s Nuke Carriers Slammed While China Signals Taiwan, Japan

West’s Nuke Carriers Slammed While China Signals Taiwan, Japan
West’s Nuke Carriers Slammed While China Signals Taiwan, Japan

Monday may have marked a turning point for how the Navy, and perhaps the Pentagon, is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, raising questions over how deeply it might cut into military operations and what toll it will take on military readiness and operations.

PRC, Russian Subs May Soon Face UUV-Launched US Sea Mines

PRC, Russian Subs May Soon Face UUV-Launched US Sea Mines
PRC, Russian Subs May Soon Face UUV-Launched US Sea Mines

Head of the Unmanned and Small Combatants office, Rear Adm. Casey Moton, said the industry day was meant to, “stress the importance of the program to the fleet – they want it today, they need it today.”

Pacific Commander Wants Subs The Navy Just Doesn’t Have

Pacific Commander Wants Subs The Navy Just Doesn’t Have
Pacific Commander Wants Subs The Navy Just Doesn’t Have

The Navy is losing submarines just when commanders say they need more, more, more.