• Navy accepts first C-130J-30 for next-generation TACAMO fleet

    Navy Public Affairs
    PORTFOLIO ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE AVIATION, Patuxent River, Md. — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of a newly manufactured C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft from Lockheed Martin during a formal ceremony Oct. 15 at the company’s production facility in Marietta, Georgia, marking the first step toward fielding the future E-130J “Phoenix II.” The…

  • Navy Flies Drones Without GPS, Lands Autonomously on Moving Ships

    Navy Public Affairs
    NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) successfully proved an unmanned system can navigate missions and land aboard Navy ships without GPS or pilot control. “In contested areas where satellites and communications are jammed, autonomy gives significant advantage to…

  • DOW Certifies Production Capacity for Second DDG at Maine’s Bath Iron Works

    DoD News
    Following a comprehensive, multi-phase due diligence review, the Department of War has determined that significant operational and managerial improvements at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) have established the capacity and stability necessary to support the potential construction of a second guided-missile destroyer (DDG). The Department’s thorough review evaluated production…

  • Andrenam Fills Gap in Persistent Passive Acoustic Undersea Coverage

    Richard R. Burgess
    A young company in California has developed networks of passive acoustic sonobuoys and a software platform to monitor them to fill a gap in undersea detection capability. Andrenam, based in Los Angeles, builds and deploys its PEARL floating sonobuoy to provide persistent acoustic monitoring. Unlike the short-duration A-size sonobuoys deployed…
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