War Zone – A top Pentagon watchdog has raised concerns that the U.S. Navy is pushing ahead too fast in its plans for the MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone, and inviting new risks in doing so, in a new report.
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
Falkland Islands are British! UK sends warning to Argentina as Navy warship sent to region
Daily Express – Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has delivered a message of defiance to the new Argentinian president after he promised to “get the Falklands back”.
Integrating Developments from Industry for Robust Acoustic Intelligence
Center for Maritime Strategy – Industry has demonstrated that scalability, endurance, and real-time data processing and dissemination must be bedrock characteristics of future ACINT system of systems. The outstanding challenge for the Navy is to identify and promote the right mix of legacy and industry development.
U.S., Philippines Begin Three Days of Joint Patrols in the South China Sea
USNI News – On Nov. 21, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in coordination with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, began joint maritime and aerial patrols in the South China Sea.
Indian Navy Needs More Submarines. Underwater Challenge From Rival Navies Rising
ABP – The Indian Navy’s submarine capability projection for 2030 doesn’t look promising. India requires more submarines to meet the deepening underwater challenge from the rival navies.
(Thanks to Alain)
RAND: What The U.S. Navy Really Needs, By Dr. Bradley Martin
Naval News – RAND Corporation’s Dr. Bradley Martin, a retired U.S. Navy captain, and Director, Institute for Supply Chain Security, returns to answer a Naval News question, “What does the U.S. Navy really need in the future?”
UK nuclear-armed submarine suffered malfunction
BBC – A Royal Navy nuclear submarine suffered a “concerning” malfunction while diving.
Italian MoD’s Defence Planning Document 2023-2025: New Naval And Joint Programs
Naval News – Among the new programmes which are launched to achieve these goals in the changing worldwide geostrategic scenarios, the DPP 2023-25 highlights increasing attention towards the underwater dimension with the project to enforce the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities through emerging and disruptive technologies, with specific reference to the robotics and unmanned systems.
RAND: What The U.S. Navy Really Needs, By Dr. Scott Savitz
Naval News – RAND Corporation’s Senior Engineer, Dr. Scott Savitz, returns to answer a Naval News question, “What does the U.S. Navy really need in the future?”
China navy used sonar pulses against divers, Australia says
BBC – Australia has accused China’s navy of using sonar pulses in an incident in international waters that resulted in Australian divers suffering injuries.
Aircraft carriers aren’t the Russian navy’s only problem. It has also struggled for decades to build jets for them
Business Insider – Despite operating aircraft-carrying ships for more than a half-century, Russia has struggled to build effective fixed-wing jets for those ships to carry into action.
U.K. Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales Launches, Recovers Mojave Drone
USNI News – A new American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landed and took off for the first time from an aircraft carrier during HMS Prince of Wales’ (R09) trials off the East Coast.
US Navy upgrading torpedoes, leveraging cloud computing for submarines
Defense News – The U.S. Navy is pushing new technology to its undersea fleet to make it safer, smarter and deadlier, while also nearing a major step in developing its next-generation attack submarine.
First Sea Lord answers questions about Royal Navy readiness levels
Navy Lookout – As part of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee enquiry into armed forces readiness, the First Sea Lord, Admiral Ben Key gave some insight into the current availability levels of the RN fleet. Here we consider the discussion and some of the nuances and context that were overlooked.
U.S. Marines Stand Up New Littoral Regiment
USNI News – The Marine Corps formally established its second littoral regiment, converting the Japan-based 12th Marine Regiment into the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on Wednesday, in line with its modernization efforts under the Force Design 2030 plan.
UK Carrier Strike Group completes second phase of 2023 deployment
Navy Lookout – The Autumn Carrier Strike Group deployment has now wrapped up with HMS Queen Elizabeth returning to Portsmouth. Here we summarise the activities during the second phase of the deployment.
Uncharted waters: Navy navigating first-ever dismantling of nuclear-powered carrier
Breaking Defense – The challenges for the Navy to dispose of the former USS Enterprise have driven the service to stand up a new office to deal both with “The Big E” and the pipeline of Nimitz-class carriers to come.
More Combat Logistics Force Ships? Yes Please!
Center for Maritime Security – The U.S. Sea Services need more logistics ships. A lot more. The services allowed the combat-logistics fleet to wilt during the post-Cold War interregnum when Americans talked themselves into believing that their victory was for all time, history had ended, and strategic competition and warfare were no more. Why waste resources preparing for a war that will never come? Now, though, competition and conflict have come back with a vengeance. The U.S. Navy fleet—including the logistics fleet—must rebound in size and capability to keep pace with gathering dangers.
New SIGINT Vessels For Sweden And Poland
Naval News – On November 15 in Karlskrona, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration handed over the SIGINT ship HMS Artemis to the Swedish Armed Forces. On the same day, steel cutting for the production of the hull of the second SIGINT ship for the Polish Navy began in Gdansk. Both classes of vessels are based on a similar design, while Saab is the main contractor for both programs.
Designing Maritime Campaigns With Unmanned Systems: Overcoming the Innovation Paradox
CIMSEC – The Navy needs to consider how it can leverage unmanned systems in campaigns, and how these systems can open up unique options for enhancing naval campaigns in pursuit of deterrence.
A Brief Summary of the Battle of the Black Sea
USNI News – Ukraine by no means invented lethal surface drones but the country has found new ways to use them in a conflict. Ukraine, a country without a naval fleet, has used drones and other missile strikes to largely stave off attacks from the Black Sea Fleet while slowly dismantling Russia’s dominance over the Black Sea.
U.S. Warship Shoot Down Of Drone Over Red Sea Leads To Conflicting Assessments
War Zone – USS Thomas Hudner shot down a drone over the Red Sea but exactly what the drone’s intent was remains disputed.
Citizen Sailors: The Missing Link in Maritime Force Structure
War on the Rocks – Put simply, the U.S. Navy does not have enough personnel to man the ships it has, much less the ones it wants to build, and is now missing its recruiting goals. And this does not even consider the need to replace trained and experienced sailors who would be lost in the event of war with China.
Yet despite this challenge, there is a proven solution readily at hand. In pursuit of its constitutional duty to “provide and maintain a Navy” and in support of the Tri-Service Naval Strategy, Congress should create a Maritime National Guard as a way to strengthen the Navy’s force structure, improve recruiting and retention, and reconnect the American populace to the sea through a new generation of citizen sailors.
Navy Looks To Arm F-35 With Four New Missiles, Including Hellfire
War Zone – The Navy is launching an effort to integrate JASSM, LRASM, JAGM, and Hellfire missiles on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
In focus: CETUS the Royal Navy’s next XLUUV
Navy Lookout – Following trials with the experimental MANTA extra large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV), CETUS the RN’s next advanced technology demonstrator has entered the manufacturing phase. Here we provide some more details of the project.
NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence™ 
You must be logged in to post a comment.