– Defense News – The U.S. Navy is looking to get a lot of underway time out of its new frigate and is eyeing a crewing model that swaps out teams of sailors to maximize the operational time for each hull.
More Missile Defense Ships, New Ground Deployments
– Breaking Defense – Despite the Navy’s misgivings over having dozens of its ships sailing in boxes hunting for missiles, plans remain in place for more Aegis-capable hulls, as well as new radars, and mobile missile defense batteries.
US Navy looks to ease into using unmanned robot ships
– Defense News – Large and medium-sized unmanned surface combatants under development by the U.S. Navy will likely have crews aboard, at least at first.
The Navy Has Had Enough of Missile Defense; And Sees Its Chance
– Breaking Defense – The Navy is looking to get out of the missile defense business, the service’s top admiral said today, and the Pentagon’s new missile defense review might give the service the off-ramp it has been looking for to stop sailing in circles waiting for ground-based missile launches.
Navy Pursuing ‘Surface Development Squadron’ to Experiment with Zumwalt DDGs, Unmanned Ships
– USNI News – Naval Surface Forces is continuing its push for an experimental squadron that would help figure out how to best leverage new platforms such as the Zumwalt-class destroyers and unmanned surface ships.
The US Navy’s new, more lethal frigate is coming into focus
– Defense News – The U.S. Navy is zeroing in on a cost and the shape of its new frigate as it prepares to launch an open competition this summer.
Fight the Next Fleet Problem in the Solomons
– CIMSEC – “There’s a good chance…we’d lose the opening stages of this war,” remarked one high ranking official at a recent conference on Multi-Domain Operations.
Missile launch shows China’s DF-26 able to adjust position mid-flight, attack moving aircraft carriers
– Global Times – Close-up details of the Chinese anti-ship ballistic missile DF-26 show that the missile can greatly adjust its position mid-flight to accurately attack a moving aircraft carrier, experts said Sunday after China showed the launch of its new-generation missile for the first time.
Use it or lose it: Seagoing nations must defend embattled waterways
– The Hill – Great Britain is returning to seaways “east of Suez,” decades after freeing its colonies and withdrawing, more or less, to the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. A warship from Britain’s Royal Navy demonstrated on behalf of nautical freedom in the South China Sea last September, drawing a stern rebuke from China. This month the frigate HMS Argyll joined the destroyer USS McCampbell for six days’ worth of exercises in the South China Sea.
The Chinese Navy’s Missing Years
– Naval History – The U.S. Navy should arm itself with China’s naval history to better fight future battles, both political and kinetic.
Surface Navy Deleted Scenes & The NeverEnding Mission: The Drift XV
– Defense News – For this edition of The Drift, I want to circle back to some things that I haven’t written up yet from my pre-Surface Navy Association interview with Rear Adm. Boxall, who was incredibly generous with his time, and cover some ground I haven’t made publicly available yet. I’m also going to dive into a couple Navy-related items from the Missile Defense Review.
LCS Mission Package Office Focused On Test, Fielding; IOC Dates Continue to Slip
– USNI News – The Littoral Combat Ship mission package program office considers itself to be out of the technology development business and fully into testing and production.
Paying the Price: The Hidden Cost of the ‘Fat Leonard’ Investigation
– USNI News – The investigation into the web of corruption spun by contractor Leonard Francis has wreaked havoc on the Navy’s ability to fill senior leadership roles, unintentionally stalled hundreds of officers’ careers and thinned out the service’s flag ranks.
Accusations fly between South Korea and Japan over ‘threatening’ maritime maneuvers
– Defense News – Japan has tried to draw the line under its dispute with South Korea over allegations one of the latter’s Navy ship directed its fire control radar against a Japanese patrol aircraft, but the regional allies of the U.S. have almost immediately become embroiled in a fresh controversy, with South Korea accusing another Japanese aircraft at making a “threatening” low-altitude pass over its ships.
End of an era: Navy’s legacy Hornets to fly off into the sunset
– Navy Times – The Navy will say farewell to its last operational F/A-18C Hornet fighter jets in a special ceremony at Naval Air Station Oceana on Feb. 1.
Meet Russia’s Tu-22M3M Backfire Bomber: Everything We Know So Far
– National Interest – A 3,700-mile endurance, roughly translating into an 1,850-mile range, could allow the upgraded Backfires to strike targets in the mid-Atlantic. With new weapons, the farther-flying Tu-22M3Ms could pose a new threat to American ships and other targets.
Developing New Tactics and Technologies in Naval Warfare: The MDUSV Example
– CIMSEC – The paper is about synergy. It demonstrates the power of using analytical tools in a logical sequence to generate, develop, and assess new concepts and technologies in warfare.
Marines’ Next High-End Fight Could Call for Larger Formations, Tougher Amphibs
– USNI News – The Marine Corps is preparing for a high-end distributed fight inside island chains in the Pacific, and the service is pushing the Navy to invest in additional weapons and systems for amphibious ships to support this kind of battle in a contested environment.
German navy returns to treating the Baltic Sea as a potential theater of war
– Defense News – The German navy inaugurated its first-ever class of officers leading the multinational Baltic Maritime Component Command today, providing fresh evidence that military planners here take seriously the possibility of a military confrontation with Russia in Germany’s once-pacified back yard.
Ships of State: Chinese Civil-Military Fusion and the Hysy 981 Standoff
– CIMSEC – With the fifth anniversary of the HYSY 981 standoff on the horizon, reexamining it in the context of China’s civil-military fusion concept reveals Beijing’s strategic thinking on the role China’s merchant marine could play in future conflict.
Spanish Shipbuilder Navantia Showcases F-100 Frigate Design
– USNI News – Spanish shipbuilding firm Navantia is showcasing the utility of its F-100 frigate design to the U.S. Navy ahead of the Spanish Armada deploying one with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group this spring.
Robot Wolfpacks: The Faster, Cheaper 355-Ship Fleet
– Breaking Defense – Smaller unmanned vessels will act as expendable scouts and decoys, larger ones — over 50 meters — will carry masses of missiles, while manned ships will carry both the largest systems and the human beings essential for rapid adaptation in combat.
US and British conduct training in South China Sea
– Navy Times – U.S. and British navy ships conducted joint maneuvers in the South China this month in what they called a sign of their shared emphasis on regional peace and stability.
Navy Studying Hyper Velocity Projectile, Other Ammo for Zumwalt Guns
– USNI News – The Navy is still looking at a variety of options to arm the dormant 155mm Advanced Gun Systems aboard the Zumwalt-class of guided-missile destroyers.
Vice Admiral Hank Mustin on Naval Force Development
– CIMSEC – Vice Admiral Hank Mustin earned a reputation as a hard-charging commander and a cunning tactical innovator. At the apex of his career in the 1980s Cold War U.S. Navy, Admiral Mustin played a critical role in the Navy’s force development. From developing new tactics to organizing large-scale fleet exercises, to introducing new weapons and drafting requirements for future warship types, Mustin was at the very forefront of naval force development in an era of great power competition. In these excerpts, Mustin shares his experiences and insights on leading naval force development, experimenting with new weapons, and how generating fresh tactical insight can make friends and foes in some of the most powerful places.
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