INDO-PACOM Used Ground-based Aegis Combat System Prototype to Target Missile Threats, Surface Targets
Last year, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command quietly packed the combat system from a guided-missile destroyer into about the size of a…
Navy Software Factory, The Forge, Wants to Reshape How Ships Get Upgraded
RIVERDALE, Md. – The Navy’s potential enemies are quickly increasing the size and sophistication of their fleets, which means the…
Navy Installing More Directed Energy Weapons on DDGs, Conducting Land-Based Laser Testing This Year
RIVERDALE, Md. – The Navy continues to learn more about a pair of directed energy weapons, as the service installs…
Littoral Combat Ship Will Field Laser Weapon as Part of Lockheed Martin, Navy Test
The Navy will put a laser weapon on a Littoral Combat Ship for the first time this year, amid efforts…
Aegis Combat System ‘Virtual Twin’ Pilot Program Could Lead to Fielding Faster Upgrades
The Navy will deploy a “virtual twin” of the Aegis Combat System in February that, if the pilot program proves…
Rear Adm. Douglas Small Takes Command of PEO IWS
Rear Adm. Douglas Small relieved Rear Adm. Jon Hill as Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare System (PEO IWS) last…
PEO IWS Rear Adm. Jon Hill Named Next MDA Deputy Director
Rear Adm. Jon Hill was selected to serve as the next deputy director of the Missile Defense Agency, keeping a…
Video: Successful F-35, SM-6 Live Fire Test Points to Expansion in Networked Naval Warfare
A Monday test pairing a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) with an Aegis Combat System armed…
Raytheon Awarded $92M Navy Contract for Future Carrier, Big Deck AESA Radars
Radar maker Raytheon has been awarded a $92 million contract to develop a new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar…
Navy Expanding NIFC-CA To Include Anti-Surface Weapons, F-35 Sensors
Navy engineers are working to bring new aircraft sensors and new weapons into the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA)…