Navy leadership has a need to make informed requirements decisions early on in a submarine acquisition program. To service this need, a tool was required that would allow a design team to analyze more of the submarine design space within the limited time and budget constraints of early stage ...
The Navy recycled the name “Penguin” during WWII for the lead ship(ASR-12)of a class of submarine rescue and salvage vessels. Commissioned 29 May 1944. She spent a lengthy career working out of New London with the Second Fleet and Rota with the Sixth and, while she conducted hundreds o...
WASHINGTON-A Navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been charged withtrying to pass information about the design of American nuclear-powered submarinesto someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government but who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, the Justice...
The US Navy is already developing hypersonic weapons to launch from its Zumwalt-class destroyers, and the service plans to adapt the technology for undersea launch from submarines. Submarine-launched hypersonic will clearly bring unprecedented advantages, a principal element of which is simply “speed...
threetofiveSSNsofanewUK-AustralianSSNdesigntocompleteaplannedeight-boat AustralianSSNforce.Thepotentialbenefits,costs,andrisksofimplementingtheseelementsof Pillar1canbecomparedwiththepotentialbenefits,costs,andrisksofanalternativeofprocuring uptoeightadditionalVirginia-classSSNsthatwouldberetainedinU.S.Navyserviceand...
The multinational antisubmarine exercise in the High North, made up of approximately 1,200 Sailors from the U.S. Navy and Royal Navy, is the latest in a series of U.S. ships operating above the Arctic Circle. In 2018, elements of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and the ...
The design of the Virginia class submarine has the capability of "fly by wire",allowing the ship to quietly linger in shallow waters without needing to surface or be controlled by human operators for every small movement. The Navy project manager told Warrior Maven that with the help of "fly...
The Navy’s plans in the budget document include swarms launched from ships, submarines, aircraft, and ground vehicles, in what they term “multi-domain operations.” The drones will have a variety of payloads: some might carry sensors, some will have jammers or other electronic warfare gear,...
while these parts have superior properties to cast and forged components, Navy experts say they are just skimming the surface of the overall opportunity, and that the Navy and its industry partners need to find a path forward if they want to continue or increase today’s submarine production ...
Australia to build biggest navy since second world war to meet China threat Planned upgrade follows defence review that highlighted Beijing’s military expansion in Pacific October 2 2023 UK defence industry BAE Systems wins £3.95bn contract for Aukus nuclear submarines ...