A member of the 180+-shipBalaoclass, she was one of the most mature U.S. Navy diesel designs of the World War Two era, constructed with knowledge gained from the earlierGatoclass. U.S. subs, unlike those of many navies of the day, were “fleet” boats, capable of unsupported operatio...
The article reports that the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has awarded a study contract to a team of DCNS, Thales and ECA. It is stated that the contract is expected to lead, around 2011, to a demonstrator of a new ...
Two years ago, mysterious Tic Tac-shaped drones swarmed multiple U.S. Navy destroyers. The Navy still can't explain the bizarre encounters.
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It's no surprise that the U.S. Navy has a massive suite of high-tech weapons. But the looming threat of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, has forced the Navy to put some of its prowess into an unexpected weapon — a laser....
USS Iowa Virginia-class submarine joins the US Navy with superior stealth and strike capabilities 27 Dec, 2024 - 14:14 | Naval News Navy 2024 On December 22, 2024, the U.S. Navy received the Virginia-class submarine USS Iowa (SSN-797), marking its official delivery from General Dynamics...
There are no changes for the Type 333 and Type 352 minehunters and minesweepers (5 ships each), the number of Seehund drones for the Type 352 (18 drone ships) also remains constant. The numbers are changing for the twelve-ship-strong Type 332 Frankenthal class: Two ships have been sold...
As military planners become more familiar with drones, they come up with more uses for them. It's a bit like the transition of computers from mammoth, expensive mainframes that experts had only the haziest idea what to do with to the explosion of applications following the microchip revolution...
Quantity has a quality all of its own. And when the quality relates to U.S. Navy missiles, having more of them is inevitably a massive increase in capabilities. The latest Block V Virginia Class submarine will greatly increase the number of missiles whic
A U.S. Navy warship on Thursday took down three missiles fired from Yemen that were heading north and several drones, according to the Pentagon. The USS Carney, a destroyer, was in the Red Sea and intercepted the missiles and drones, according Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryd...