– Military.com – The Navy is considering extending production of its F/A-18 Super Hornet beyond 2017 because of delays in production of the Navy’s carrier-launched F-35C and increased demands on the Hornet fleet.
Author Archives: Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
Two Littoral Combat Ships to Deploy to Singapore Next Year, Four by 2017
– USNI News – The U.S. Navy will begin a permanent presence of two Littoral Combat Ships in Singapore next year with four planned to be forward deployed and based at the Changi Naval Base by 2017
Global Guided Missile Expansion Forcing U.S. Navy to Rethink Surface Fleet Size
– USNI News – Rapid growth in the capability and quality of guided missiles — mostly Chinese in origin — is causing the U.S. Navy to rethink the number of surface ships it needs to effectively fight a high-end war.
Ballistic Bombast
– Aviation Week – China may be able to take out an American aircraft carrier with its feared DF-21 antiship ballistic missile (ASBM) without even taking a shot. Now some powerful people in DC are looking to reduce the fleet by a carrier or two in the belief that the DF-21 will make it too dangerous for the ships even to get close to Chinese territorial waters.
Navy Conducts Successful Test of Aerial Refueling with X-47B, UCAS-D Program Ending
– USNI News – The Navy successfully tested autonomous aerial refueling for the first time with its Northrop Grumman X-47B test unmanned aerial vehicle on Wednesday, marking the end of the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Air Vehicle demonstrator (UCAS-D) program.
Inside the Kremlin’s hall of mirrors
– The Guardian – Fake news stories. Doctored photographs. Staged TV clips. Armies of paid trolls. Has Putin’s Russia developed a new kind of information warfare – fought in the ‘psychosphere’ rather than on the battlefield? Or is it all just a giant bluff?
Iranian Convoy ‘One of the Factors’ in Moving U.S. Carrier Roosevelt Closer to Yemen
– USNI News – The build up of U.S. naval presence in the vicinity of Yemen is the result of the deteriorating security situation inside the country and to “preserve options” to maintain maritime security in the region.
USS America Performing Well in Trials; Shipbuilder Looking for Further Efficiencies
– USNI News – Post-delivery testing on USS America (LHA-6) went far more smoothly than on previous big-decks, and the Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding are trying to leverage this success as they move forward with the next two amphibious assault ships.
French Carrier Charles de Gaulle Bound for India After Two Months of Strikes Against ISIS
– USNI News – French carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) has left the Persian Gulf after about two months of strike operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) militants.
Her Majesty’s Jihadists
– New York Times Magazine – More British Muslims have joint Islamic militant groups than serve in the country’s armed forces. How to understand the pull of jihad.
U.S sends warships towards Yemen amid concerns about Iranian weapons
– Associated Press – In a stepped-up response to Iranian backing of Shia rebels in Yemen, the Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading toward the waters off Yemen to beef up security and join other American ships that are prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels.
Tablets & Tomahawks: Navy, Marines Scramble To Innovate
– Breaking Defense – Amidst unabated budget gloom, Navy and Marine leaders aren’t looking for salvation in big new programs. They’re “repurposing and reusing existing capabilities” to get the maximum out of existing hardware for minimum cost. It’s a vision of the future in which a junior Marine Corps officer might call for fire support from a ship-launched Tomahawk missile using a Samsung tablet.
The Tools of Owatatsumi: Japan’s Ocean Surveillance and Coastal Defence Capabilities
– Australian National University Press – A must read new book by Professor Desmond Ball which is freely available.
He writes that Japan is quintessentially by geography a maritime country. Maritime surveillance capabilities – underwater, shore-based and airborne – are critical to its national defence posture. This book describes and assesses these capabilities, with particular respect to the underwater segment, about which there is little strategic analysis in publicly available literature.
Navy has seven combat ships around Yemen as Saudi-led blockade continues
– Washington Post – The U.S. Navy has seven combat ships in the waters around Yemen as the Saudi-led bombing campaign there continues, but U.S. troops are not participating in a Saudi naval blockade in the region.
Revelations on China’s Maritime Modernization
– The Diplomat – The U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence offers a wealth of new information on the PLA Navy.
New Tech Will Allow Navy To Target with Jamming Pods
– Defense One – Faster datalinks will allow the Navy’s EA-18 Growler to pinpoint insurgents with weapons-quality accuracy.
Japan and US enclose Chinese coast within sensor net
– Saturday Paper – The US and Japan have quietly cornered the Chinese navy with an undersea surveillance ring that is framing Australia’s defence policy.
How a Malaysian Playboy Controlled the Most Powerful Naval Force on the Planet
– War is Boring – Fat Leonard’s hookers and cash seduced the U.S. Seventh Fleet … and soaked taxpayers for millions
This Is Your Go-To Graphic To Understand The US Navy Fleet
– FoxtrotAlpha – If you want to know just about every ship and sub in the U.S. Navy’s fleet, this graphic is your guide.
Navy Builds Ship For F-35, Ship Needs Months Of Upgrades To Handle F-35
– Foxtrot Alpha – The Navy’s USS America, the first of her class, was controversially optimized to handle the F-35, leaving out the multi-purpose well deck traditionally found on ‘Gator Navy’ flattops. Now, just months after her commissioning, she already needs 40 weeks of upgrades just to handle the very aircraft she was designed for.
USS Carl Vinson Carrier Chops Out of 5th Fleet, Roosevelt Picks Up ISIS Strike Missions
– USNI News – The Carl Vinson carrier strike group (CSG) has left U.S. Central Command and has passed its strike missions over Iraq and Syria to a new CSG centered on USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-73).
US Navy develops cannon-launched ‘swarming’ drones
– BBC – The US Navy is developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, that can be launched from a cannon and “swarm” in a co-ordinated attack.
China ‘building runway in disputed South China Sea island’
– BBC – Satellite images show China is making progress on building an airstrip on a reef in disputed territory in the South China Sea.
How to Become a Grand Strategist
– Thomas PM Barnett – Thomas PM Barnett on how to become a grand strategist.
Frigate Will Leverage Littoral Combat Ship Testing, Focus on New Combat Systems
– USNI News – The Navy’s new frigate will go through the requirements-generation and testing processes as a flight upgrade rather than a new-start program, helping save time and money and allowing the program office to focus on what will be different from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the frigate upgrade.
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