The U.S. Navy’s futuristic railgun is about to get some major upgrades. DefenseTech is reporting that developers from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) plan to increase the number of shots it can fire per minute and the power behind the system. ONR is working on a 32 megajoule system that can fire 10 shots […]
Lemon Combat Ship: Did the Navy Just Kill the LCS?
The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has been plagued with cost overruns and multiple breakdowns including catastrophic engine failures and cracked hulls. A week after the Combat Ship Billings’ (LCS-15) christening, the U.S. Navy has released formal details for its Guided Missile Frigate Replacement Program FFG(X). USNI News describes the replacement ship as “much like the […]
Breakthrough Could Pave Way to Underwater Internet
NATO researchers have developed the first ever international standard for underwater communications called JANUS. Named after the Roman god of gateways, JANUS will allow aquatic systems to communicate by transferring data much like devices on a Wi-Fi or cellular network. JANUS would allow robots used for underwater research, mining, and military operations to communicate using […]
Zumwalt Advanced Gun System May Finally Get its Ammo
In late 2016 we found out the US Navy couldn’t fire its awesome new gun aboard the USS Zumwalt because the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) rounds cost nearly a million dollars. Shortly after USNI reported the Navy was looking to replace the LRLAP with Raytheon’s Excalibur Projectile. The only problem was the Excalibur’s […]
There’s No Telling How Much This Future Aircraft Carrier Will Cost
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report (GAO-17-575) on June 13th, 2017 to draw attention to the Ford Class Carrier program and its unreliable cost estimate. The report, “Follow-On Ships Need More Frequent & Accurate Cost Estimates to Avoid Pitfalls of Lead Ship”, points out that the estimate for follow-on ships does not […]
U.S. Navy Scrambling to Address a Potential Submarine Deficit
For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the U.S. Navy finds itself challenged to keep pace with emerging Russian and Chinese submarines. Enemy Submarines are the single most dangerous threat to U.S. aircraft carriers and America’s surface fleet. In an article written by Dave Majumdar of The National Interest, he discusses […]
Russia Plans to Build the World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier
A Russian news agency recently reported the Federation is planning to build the biggest aircraft carrier in the world. The new Russian carrier concept, called “Shtorm” – a.k.a Project 23E000E—will go into service by 2030. Russia is building the Shtorm to compete with the U.S.’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The new carrier is expected to cost […]
Russia just Unleashed its New Lethal Multi-Purpose Attack Submarine
A Russian news agency is reporting that Kazan, Russia’s second Yasen class sub, was launched on April 3. Unlike the previous Yasen class submarine named Severodvisk, this new nuclear powered multi-purpose attack submarine bears a new classification, Yasen-M. Russian shipbuilders and military officials were tight lipped about the new classification, only saying that the Yasen-M […]
U.S. Navy Accelerating Efforts to Put 150kW Lasers on Ships
At the 2017 Directed Energy Summit held in Washington D.C. on March 29 and 30, Admiral John Richardson talked about U.S. Navy efforts to accelerate the installation of a 150 KW laser weapon system aboard destroyers, cruisers, and maybe even aircraft carriers. Laser technology has been gaining momentum with advancements in electrical power sources and […]
The Worlds First Ever Autonomous Hybrid Flying Submarine Drone
InnoCorp, LLC introduces its new flying submarine called the SubMurres. The SubMurres is diesel/battery powered and surfaces to run its diesel engine which charges its onboard batteries. SubMurres could have game changing implications for future military operations. InnoCorp, LLC announces SubMurres–its revolutionary, unrivaled unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone—transitioning from water to […]
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