F-35B Flies With External Stores
Lockheed Martin recently released this video of the F-35B variant carrying external stores. Prominent among them is the stealthy centerline …
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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 …
Damage Control Training Makes Sailors Feel The Heat
For sailors on a fighting ship, fire is not a friend. But don’t be alarmed. Shipboard damage control training ensures …
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 …
Shipboard Firefighting Robots Being Developed
The new $17.2 million Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C., is …
Book Review – Exit Plan, by Larry Bond
Few authors in the techno-thriller genre have matched – and none have surpassed – Larry Bond’s ability to deliver white-knuckle …
The Stealth Debate
The importance of stealth as it applies to modern combat aircraft is at the center of a growing debate. Framed …
The Battle of Midway: The Sole Survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8
Then-Ensign George Gay, U.S. Navy Reserve, was the pilot of one of the 15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron …
Battle of Midway: Black Shoe Admirals in a Brown Shoe Battle
One of the great ironies of the Battle of Midway is that the most pivotal naval air battle in history …