CIMSEC – Joint operations, while important in a general sense, and critical for first rate navies, are not the best option for weaker powers to contest command of the sea. Joint operations are ...
Naval News – Naval News asked the RAND Corporation for their opinions on what the U.S. Navy’s next-generation destroyer, the DDG(X), should have in terms of designing the plug-in Payload Modu...
https://nosi.org/2024/04/25/rand-what-does-the-u-s-navy-need-in-its-future-combatants/
National Interest – Zumwalt will be pushing ten years old once its hypersonic weapons are installed, assuming its current yard period wraps up on schedule. That’s a sizable share of its servi...
CIMSEC – During the Cold War, NATO maintained anti-submarine competency and internalized lessons learned during the Second World War. The collapse of the Soviet Navy during the 1990s shifted th...
https://nosi.org/2024/04/23/make-asw-joint-integrating-the-joint-force-into-full-spectrum-asw/
Defense News – The U.S. Navy’s supply corps will spend the next two years applying lessons from the service’s aircraft fleet to surface ship readiness.
https://nosi.org/2024/04/23/navy-looks-to-apply-jet-readiness-gains-to-surface-ship-fleet/
CIMSEC – The U.S. Navy should take concrete steps to further promote an integrated warfighting ethos which better incorporates all elements of the IW community, starting from initial officer tr...
https://nosi.org/2024/04/17/information-warfare-is-integrated-warfare/
Breaking Defense – Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro today told lawmakers his service is out at least $1 billion in critical munitions because of recent operations in the Middle East, a shortfall ...
https://nosi.org/2024/04/17/navy-is-down-1b-in-munitions-from-ops-in-red-sea-says-secnav/
Defense News – U.S. defense tech company Anduril Industries and South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said they’re teaming up to reimagine and expand American and allied seapow...
https://nosi.org/2024/04/17/anduril-pairs-with-korean-shipbuilder-to-design-new-unmanned-platforms/
Defense News – The recent review of shipbuilding progress is an important step in correcting the current cost overruns and schedule slippage. However, the U.S. Navy secretary’s rather timid r...
https://nosi.org/2024/04/16/get-the-us-navys-frigate-program-back-on-schedule/
The War Zone – Mako was the loser of the Stand-In Attack Weapon tender, but offers clues as to the capabilities of that weapon, made by Northrop Grumman.
https://nosi.org/2024/04/15/the-lowdown-on-lockheeds-newly-revealed-mako-hypersonic-missile/