The aerospace giant showed off an armed MQ-25 model outfitted with two Lockheed Martin-made Long Range Anti-Surface Missiles during the Sea Air Space conference earlier this week.
By Valerie Insinna
Check out the photos and flavor of the Sea Air Space 2024 Conference and Exposition.
By Breaking Defense
With ever-larger numbers of drones, unmanned submersibles and robot boats, said 4th Fleet Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, “what we didn’t realize was the volume of data we were going to get at headquarters.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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“We are working on it literally as we speak,” said Laura Taylor-Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy.
By Valerie Insinna
Electrification is expanding the capabilities of both support and capital ships.
By Breaking Defense
Andy Lowery, Epirus’ CEO, told Breaking Defense that the company’s technology would be a good fit for the ongoing Red Sea situation.
By Justin Katz
Defending U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, Red Sea, and elsewhere require a range of systems from close-in weapons to anti-ballistic missiles.
By Breaking Defense
Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd year, included 30 countries, seven of them full participants, and more than 9,000 personnel, making it the largest defense exercise in Asia and the longest-running in the world, said Rear Adm. Christopher Stone, commander of the US Navy’s Task Force 76/3.
By Christopher Woody
The added layer of bureaucracy comes as Navy brass prepares to testify in front of lawmakers.
By Justin Katz
Israel’s Sa’ar 6s have seen extensive operations during the war in Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
By Seth J. Frantzman
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
By Breaking Defense
AUKUS defense leaders today said they will talk with Japan about joining the military agreement as a Pillar II tech partner.
By Aaron Mehta
“I want something that’s going to fly for a couple hundred hours. The last hour it’s either a target or a weapon. … But I’m not going to sustain them for 30 years,” said Rear Adm. Stephen Tedford, the Navy’s program executive for unmanned systems and weapons.
By Valerie Insinna
Adm. Lisa Franchetti acknowledged the Navy hasn’t invested in munitions sufficiently in previous years, but is sending a demand signal to industry.
By Justin Katz
