GlobalData on MSN17d
Extinction of the classical multi-purpose surface combatant
Large multi-purpose warships may no longer have a place in the future combat force whose assets will be distributed more widely across domains.
USNI11d
Navy, Marines Want More Energy Storage to Supply Power Hungry Warships, Bases
The Department of Defense last month issued a small contract for a Navy project to develop and provide a modular energy ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN2d
US Navy to deploy world’s most advanced naval drone to hunt and kill mines
The US Navy is advancing its mine countermeasure capabilities with new contracts to develop the most advanced unmanned naval ...
Jane's Information Group26d
Surface Navy 2025: DDGX needed for future weapons systems, Leonardo DRS officials say
The US Navy is considering a new surface combatant, the DDGX ... and particularly the extra energy that will be needed to power future directed energy weapons, Jon Miller, senior vice-president ...
navalnews2d
U.S. Navy Awards Contracts for Deployment of Future MCM Capabilities
The Navy awarded the first contract to Bollinger Shipyards for an MCM USV Advanced Material Order (AMO), valued at $7.7 ...
The National Interest28d
The Navy’s Next-Gen Destroyer Is Missing Something Important: A Gun
According to a rendering of the sea service’s next-generation destroyer, the surface combatant might not have ... U.S. Navy continues to second guess the future of directed energy weapons ...
Military.com8y
DDG 1000 Elmo Zumwalt Class Destroyer
DDG 1000 is the first U.S. Navy surface combatant to employ an innovative ... significant energy savings and is well-suited to enable future high energy weapons and sensors. The wave-piercing ...
MercoPress2y
Moskva, the first major surface combatant vessel sunk since the Falklands' war
and the first major surface combatant ship sunk since the Falklands War in 1982. Moskva was the flagship of the Russian navy in the Black Sea and was involved in the attack and capture of ...