Naval Team Denmark: Danish Navy and Industry Partners Sail into Baltimore
As the public marveled at the graceful tall ships that called at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for “Sailabration 2012” commemorating the …
Programs & Technology
X-37B’s First Two Missions Earn Success and Speculation
On Saturday, June 16, 2012, at 5:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time (12:48 Zulu), the X-37B program’s unmanned Orbital Test Vehicle …
Mexico Becomes Latest User of Damen’s StanPatrol 4207 Patrol Boat
Mexico’s Navy – Armada de México – inducted the first two of what could be as many as 28 Damen …
The U.S. Navy of 2030
Looking ahead is always daunting; crystal balls are not what they once were. If you were looking 20-odd years ahead …
U.S. Army Kiowa Warrior Fleet Receives First Wartime Replacement Aircraft
In roll-out ceremonies held at Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) the Army received the first OH-58D Kiowa Warrior to be …
Iraqi Navy 60-meter Offshore Support Vessel (OSV 401) Completes Underway Trials
The first of two RiverHawk Fast Sea Frames (RHFSF) Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) being built for the Iraqi navy completed …
Knifefish Mine-hunting UUV to Begin Operational Testing in 2015
“Knifefish provides capability that we don’t have with UUVs today,” said Capt. Duane Ashton, a program manager for unmanned maritime …
Naval Missiles Today
The state of the art (SOTA) in naval missiles, as with so many other military systems, is not a simple …
Can the Indian Navy Get the New Warships It Wants, When It Wants Them?
The Indian Navy’s ongoing recapitalization program is guided by its 15-year Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) which calls for a …
Special Operations Forces Look to New Technologies
A recently-released broad agency announcement (BAA) highlights a range of new technologies and capabilities sought by U.S. Special Operations Forces. …