Maritime Security

The U.S Navy is asking Boeing to build 11 more P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft under terms of a $1.6 billion order....

Nearly two-thirds of the aircraft flying off U.S. Navy carriers could be unmanned someday, including the possibility of drone fighter jets, a top aviation...

The US Navy and Marine Corps are making a serious effort to more heavily incorporate drones into their operations. The developing abilities of competitors such...

Over the backdrop of the growing Russian and Chinese submarine activity in the North Atlantic and Western Pacific, Northrop Grumman wants to add anti-submarine...

The US Navy has teamed with NASA to test next-generation helmet upgrades. The Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) has funded the development and...

The US Navy's new stealth destroyer Zumwalt passed a round of sea trials in which it sailed through two storms off California and Alaska,...

Sonobuoys are air-launched expendable, electro-mechanical anti-submarine warfare (ASW) acoustic sensors designed to relay underwater sounds of ships and submarines. The devices enable Navy ASW...

An oil spill such as the one that has drenched Israel’s coastline in tar, can be replicated by hackers that remotely take control of...

Armed forces around the world are looking at ways to adopt drone technology on the battlefield. In applications ranging from front-line re-supply to reconnaissance...

The French Navy has selected a new unmanned aerial vehicle for its ships. The electrically-powered fixed-wing Aliaca maritime version UAV (officially called SMDM) will...

UAVs are truly effective if they can collect sensor data resulting in actionable intelligence. A new long-endurance surveillance drone that can provide these capabilities...

A unique amphibious craft uses caterpillar tracks to move into and out of water allowing the versatile boat to be used for a wide...

SkyGuardian unmanned aerial system will be taken to the United Kingdom later this year for a series of operational capability demonstrations for NATO allies.  The...

The US Navy is looking for the next-generation maritime strike helicopter, as a successor to the Navy’s MH-60 Seahawk and MQ-8 Fire Scout.  The Navy’s...

A breakthrough development in the history of defense technology, lasers engage targets at the speed of light, operating with great precision and producing very...

Turkey launched its first locally-built frigate, the I-class TCG Istanbul, advancing a program that involves the production of four corvettes and four frigates. Under the...

New naval technology will increase the lethality of U.S. forces, with a network of unmanned vessels traveling autonomously for extended ranges and transporting loitering...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) participate in various operations involving landing aboard aircraft carriers and launching from carriers. However, the conditions at sea do not...

For the first time, an unmanned aerial vehicle has deployed an anti-submarine warfare system to help detect submarines. The U.S. Navy and General Atomics...

Laser weapons have become more and more prevalent, but they require a lot of power in an immediate way, faster than a mechanical generator...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is not the only one worried about climate change. US military officers have long believed climate change seriously threatens...

The US Coast Guard needs higher Interoperability and networking levels. Modern threat environments require more dispersed, yet interoperable mission tasks, a dual-pronged tactical approach...