Featured in NavyBYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareThe Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships Are CrackingJust when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Littoral Combat Ship program, the Independence class is experiencing cracking. BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareBYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareNavy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair IIThe story of how a major modification of Grumman’s A-6 Intruder almost replaced the A-4 Skyhawk in the Navy’s light attack role. BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareBYEmma HelfrichApr 22, 2022ShareRussia’s 110-Year-Old Salvage Ship Deploying To Moskva Wreck: ReportKommuna, an antique Russian Navy salvage ship, has embarked on a mission to investigate a potential salvage operation for the Moskva wreck. BYEmma HelfrichApr 22, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 25, 2022ShareNavy Hovercraft Played Helicopter Hauler For Florida Air BaseOddly enough, this wasn’t even the first time one of the Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) visited Eglin Air Force Base. BYBrett TingleyFeb 25, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 22, 2022ShareScores Of ‘Dark Vessels’ Belonging To China’s Maritime Militias Are Operating In Contested WatersA new Chinese law allows for vessels to turn off their transponders in some of the world’s most densely trafficked and tense waterways. BYBrett TingleyFeb 22, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 17, 2022ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Snakehead Unmanned SubmarineSnakehead can be launched from a nuclear submarine and will accommodate many future tasks including intel collection. BYBrett TingleyFeb 17, 2022ShareBYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiFeb 10, 2022ShareNavy Releases Timeline For Mysterious 2019 “UAS Swarm” Involving Warships Off CaliforniaAn official unredacted presentation shows how an encounter with the swarm went down, as well as an infrared image supposedly showing the vehicles. BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiFeb 10, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 24, 2022ShareTwo U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Are Operating In The South China Sea After Massive Show Of ForceThe Navy is signaling its powerful Pacific presence to China even as the world is focused on Russia’s actions near Ukraine. BYBrett TingleyJan 24, 2022ShareBYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiJan 20, 2022ShareNavy Destroyer Deployed Counter-Drone Electronic Warfare System During 2019 Mystery Swarm Incident:A reference buried in a destroyer’s logs confirms that portable counter-drone devices were eventually deployed during a spate of swarm events in 2019. BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiJan 20, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 17, 2022ShareSwedish Security Agency Declares A National Event As Drone Incursions Over Nuclear Sites GrowSwedish police are also investigating a spate of recent unmanned aircraft sightings over other sensitive sites beyond nuclear power plants. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 17, 2022ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 13, 2022SharePentagon’s Ghost Fleet Program Ends, Its Four Unmanned Ships Will Be Transferred To The NavyThe ships are slated to join the Navy’s experimental surface warfare squadron which is exploring ways to incorporate unmanned vessels into the fleet. BYBrett TingleyJan 13, 2022ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Brett TingleyJan 12, 2022ShareAssassin Dolphin Hamas Says It Caught Continues Tradition Of Wild Claims About Israel’s Animal SpiesWhile it’s possible Israel uses dolphins to counter enemy swimmers, its enemies frequently make outlandish claims of animals being used for espionage. BYJoseph Trevithick and Brett TingleyJan 12, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareThe Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave WeaponsLasers dominate discussions about U.S. Navy directed energy weapons, but the service formed a new office devoted to systems that fire microwave beams. BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 28, 2021ShareCongress Wants Answers On The Railgun It Just Funded Even Though The Navy No Longer Wants ItAs a result of the Navy moving to defund its tortured railgun program, Congress wants an explanation, but still threw millions at it anyway. BYTyler RogowayDec 28, 2021ShareBYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiDec 17, 2021ShareHarassment Of Navy Destroyers By Mysterious Drone Swarms Off California Went On For WeeksA new trove of documents shows that the still unsolved incidents continued far longer than previously understood. BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiDec 17, 2021Share1234
BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareThe Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships Are CrackingJust when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Littoral Combat Ship program, the Independence class is experiencing cracking. BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022Share
BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareNavy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair IIThe story of how a major modification of Grumman’s A-6 Intruder almost replaced the A-4 Skyhawk in the Navy’s light attack role. BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022Share
BYEmma HelfrichApr 22, 2022ShareRussia’s 110-Year-Old Salvage Ship Deploying To Moskva Wreck: ReportKommuna, an antique Russian Navy salvage ship, has embarked on a mission to investigate a potential salvage operation for the Moskva wreck. BYEmma HelfrichApr 22, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 25, 2022ShareNavy Hovercraft Played Helicopter Hauler For Florida Air BaseOddly enough, this wasn’t even the first time one of the Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) visited Eglin Air Force Base. BYBrett TingleyFeb 25, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 22, 2022ShareScores Of ‘Dark Vessels’ Belonging To China’s Maritime Militias Are Operating In Contested WatersA new Chinese law allows for vessels to turn off their transponders in some of the world’s most densely trafficked and tense waterways. BYBrett TingleyFeb 22, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 17, 2022ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Snakehead Unmanned SubmarineSnakehead can be launched from a nuclear submarine and will accommodate many future tasks including intel collection. BYBrett TingleyFeb 17, 2022Share
BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiFeb 10, 2022ShareNavy Releases Timeline For Mysterious 2019 “UAS Swarm” Involving Warships Off CaliforniaAn official unredacted presentation shows how an encounter with the swarm went down, as well as an infrared image supposedly showing the vehicles. BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiFeb 10, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 24, 2022ShareTwo U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Are Operating In The South China Sea After Massive Show Of ForceThe Navy is signaling its powerful Pacific presence to China even as the world is focused on Russia’s actions near Ukraine. BYBrett TingleyJan 24, 2022Share
BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiJan 20, 2022ShareNavy Destroyer Deployed Counter-Drone Electronic Warfare System During 2019 Mystery Swarm Incident:A reference buried in a destroyer’s logs confirms that portable counter-drone devices were eventually deployed during a spate of swarm events in 2019. BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiJan 20, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 17, 2022ShareSwedish Security Agency Declares A National Event As Drone Incursions Over Nuclear Sites GrowSwedish police are also investigating a spate of recent unmanned aircraft sightings over other sensitive sites beyond nuclear power plants. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 17, 2022Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 13, 2022SharePentagon’s Ghost Fleet Program Ends, Its Four Unmanned Ships Will Be Transferred To The NavyThe ships are slated to join the Navy’s experimental surface warfare squadron which is exploring ways to incorporate unmanned vessels into the fleet. BYBrett TingleyJan 13, 2022Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Brett TingleyJan 12, 2022ShareAssassin Dolphin Hamas Says It Caught Continues Tradition Of Wild Claims About Israel’s Animal SpiesWhile it’s possible Israel uses dolphins to counter enemy swimmers, its enemies frequently make outlandish claims of animals being used for espionage. BYJoseph Trevithick and Brett TingleyJan 12, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareThe Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave WeaponsLasers dominate discussions about U.S. Navy directed energy weapons, but the service formed a new office devoted to systems that fire microwave beams. BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 28, 2021ShareCongress Wants Answers On The Railgun It Just Funded Even Though The Navy No Longer Wants ItAs a result of the Navy moving to defund its tortured railgun program, Congress wants an explanation, but still threw millions at it anyway. BYTyler RogowayDec 28, 2021Share
BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiDec 17, 2021ShareHarassment Of Navy Destroyers By Mysterious Drone Swarms Off California Went On For WeeksA new trove of documents shows that the still unsolved incidents continued far longer than previously understood. BYAdam Kehoe and Marc CecottiDec 17, 2021Share
