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National Defense December 2006 Grace Jean	Undersea Range Planned for Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy has proposed constructing an undersea warfare training range off the East Coast to prepare sailors for anti-submarine missions in shallow waters. Opponents to the plan say the sonar activity will harm marine life in the area.
Smithsonian June 2007 Eric Jaffe	Saving Our Shipwrecks New technologies are aiding the search for one Civil War submarine, and the conservation of another.
Wired December 2004 Sylvia A. Earle	The Wild Blue Under The more we understand about life in extreme environments, the greater chance we'll know where to look in space.
National Defense April 2008 Grace Jean	Navy to Deploy Robotic Sub Hunters The Navy this fall plans to test new unmanned vehicles and sensors that were specially designed to detect diesel-electric submarines in coastal waters.
Wired December 2004 Robert D. Ballard	Gearing Up Advanced deep-ocean exploration technologies are allowing us to discover incredible creatures, unlock the mysteries of Earth's history, even reveal the origins of life.
National Defense January 2009 Stew Magnuson	Navy Can Text Stealthy Submarines 24/7 For years, the Navy has wanted to communicate with its submarines as they travel underwater at great depths.
National Defense November 2007 Breanne Wagner	Navy's Mine-Hunting Technologies Wait for The Littoral Combat Ship The Navy has a new suite of anti-mine technologies designed to roll on and off a ship as needed. It just doesn't have the ship yet.
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Communication Options for Sailors at Sea For all the sophisticated systems and weapons to be found aboard naval warships, there is one fundamental area where technology has been trailing: communications over and under the seas.
Geotimes March 2005	Submarine Hits Unmapped Mountain A U.S. Navy submarine cruising 350 miles south of Guam hit an unmapped seamount, leaving one person dead and more than 20 people injured on Jan. 8.
National Defense May 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Applications, Markets Sought For Underwater Communication System A new technology designed to communicate with submarines as they travel stealthily at great depths and speeds is now being looked at as a means to send messages to special operations divers and commands to unmanned underwater vehicles.
National Defense September 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	As Technology Matures, New Roles Emerge for Underwater Drones While unmanned underwater vehicle technology is advancing, it is not maturing as quickly as UAVs.
National Defense August 2007 Grace Jean	Littoral Combat Ship Troubles: Opportunity for Small Boat Companies? With the cost of the Navy's littoral combat ship skyrocketing and its funding in peril, some say the sea service ought to give serious consideration to acquiring cheaper boats that could complement a reduced fleet.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 Courtney E. Howard	General Dynamics christens U.S. Navy's most-advanced submarine The fast attack submarine USS New Hampshire is considered the U.S. Navy's most advanced nuclear submarine.
National Defense April 2006 Harold Kennedy	Special Ops Sub Becomes Hub for Irregular Warfare Subs have hosted small numbers of special operators ever since World War II. Until now, however, the vessels have had space to accommodate only a handful of special operators. That is changing with the Ohio (SSGN 726) and its three sister ships.
Wired January 18, 2008 Geoffrey Gagnon	Foreigners Keep Out! High Tech Mapping Starts to Redefine International Borders Countries vie to claim control of different regions in the North Pole.
Fast Company September 2001 Fara Warner	Where Is the Next Frontier of Innovation? Fast-paced experimentation. Distributed intelligence. Total teamwork. The scientific formula behind the new economy is still disrupting the status quo -- in this case, 20,000 leagues under the sea...
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Rich Smith	Navy Searches for an Underwater Terminator For a few months now, we've been hearing sonar rumblings of a big new Naval project to build a long-endurance, deep-diving robotic submarine.
National Defense August 2011 Grace V. Jean	Drone Sensor Data Will Overload Networks, Navy Officials Warn The expected growth of unmanned systems at sea is raising concerns that the Navy's networks are ill prepared to handle the commensurate flood of data that the sensors will produce.
National Defense April 2014 David Antanitus	Sailor-Less Ships Soon Could Be a Reality in U.S. Navy Is the Navy ready to embrace an autonomous surface ship operating with the battle group? Probably not, at least not yet.
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Technology Roadmap Calls For No-Nonsense Research Far from being disconnected from the practical concerns of deployed forces, Navy scientists are making it their business to be attuned to the demands of sailors and Marines.
Salon.com July 24, 2001 Christopher Kemp	Robert Ballard The man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic says he's driven by "a childish desire to poke around"...
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kennedy	Navy's High-Speed Vessel Aids Relief Effort The HSV-2 Swift may be a forerunner of a next-generation fleet of fast, shallow-draft American-built transports capable of operating close along the shorelines of the world's hot spots.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 John Keller	Swimming Robots Navy experts and industry leaders are looking into the latest generation of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for maritime applications ranging from training to covertly deploying weapons.
Salon.com February 24, 2001 Daryl Lindsey	More embarrassing revelations for the Navy A leaked internal report acknowledges that civilians onboard the USS Greeneville may have played a role in the crash that killed nine...
Salon.com February 23, 2001 Daryl Lindsey	Minding social graces on a nuclear submarine What really happens when civilians enter the tight confines of a vessel of war? The Navy captain who wrote "Run Silent, Run Deep" gives his account...
National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance.
National Defense September 2004 Harold Kennedy	Costs, Delays Surface Again for New Attack Submarines Just a year after U.S. Navy officials assured Congress that they had taken steps to stem rising costs and production delays for the newest family of nuclear-powered attack submarines, they now concede that problems may not have gone away.
Geotimes March 2004 Kasey White	A New Era of Ocean Drilling Sets Sail As the JOIDES Resolution arrived in Galveston, Texas, last September after completing its 110th and final Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) expedition, scientists celebrated the many advances made during the program.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin	Navy Adjusts Course for Underwater Robots The Navy is updating its blueprint for future undersea robotic vehicles to reflect recent changes in military strategy.
National Defense October 2012 Eric Beidel	Scientists Developing Sub-Tracking Sea Drone The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to McLean, Va.-based Science Applications International Corp. to develop an unmanned vessel that can track these subs for months at a time over thousands of kilometers.
Popular Mechanics December 1, 2008 Andrew Moseman	4 Challenges for the Navy as More Unmanned Drones Go Underwater The Navy is getting up to speed with unmanned vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale	Technology Refresh Key for Maintaining Submarine Fleet U.S. Navy officials say that embracing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and shortening the technology refresh time for electronic payloads is crucial to maintaining the superiority of the fleet.
Popular Mechanics April 3, 2009 Trevor Williams	Ocean Drilling: How the Past Can Provide Clues to our Planet's Future Climate By pulling cores of ancient ooze from beneath the ocean floor, scientists hope to learn how the Earth responded to climate change 50 million years ago and how it may react to future warming.
National Defense January 2010 Grace V. Jean	Trident Program Intent On Avoiding Past Shipbuilding Pitfalls As the Navy begins to design its next ballistic-missile submarine, officials caution that the service must avoid shipbuilding practices of the past that have led to cost overruns and delays.
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson	Nuclear Power Plants on New Submarines May Last 40-Plus Years The Navy hopes to have the first replacement for the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine on duty by 2031. When that vessel is launched, the on board nuclear power plant is expected to last its entire 40-year service life.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 Courtney E. Howard	UUVs to Benefit Undersea Combat Forces Industry innovators are launching competitive designs of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), with the winners earning an early slot in the U.S. Navy's UUV Master Plan.
National Defense July 2010 Grace V. Jean	Shipyards Speed Up Submarine Production Amid Concerns About Navy's Future Budgets Beginning next year, the Navy plans to double the production rate to two submarines per year for $2.5 billion apiece.
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Sailors Move From Classrooms To Shipboard Simulators The U.S. Navy will be plowing millions of dollars into new simulators that will be used aboard ships, rather than ashore, to help sailors acquire specialized skills before they depart on a mission
National Defense March 2004 Anderson & Miles	`Virtual Maintenance' Promises Big Savings Under a concept called "net-centric maintenance," both land- and sea-based systems would help remotely diagnose and repair equipment on ships around the world. This often is referred to as distance support.
National Defense March 2008 Breanne Wagner	Navy Slows Pursuit of Autonomous Vessels for Coastal Surveillance The Navy has expressed interest in acquiring unmanned vessels that would patrol coastal areas, but budgetary and technological issues are slowing down the development and procurement of these vehicles.
National Defense October 2005 Harold Kennedy	Surveillance Needs Fuel Demand for Unmanned Vehicles Currently, there are nearly 1,000 robotic vehicles being used for surveillance and reconnaissance, especially in maritime areas in the Central Command theater of operations, and combatant commanders keep asking for more.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller	New Ship Takes Lead in Countermine and Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship will use a broad range of autonomous and semiautonomous surface and subsurface vehicles, as well as advanced networking communications, for use against terrorists as well as conventional foes.
Geotimes September 2006 Carolyn Gramling	All Aboard the School of Rock The JOIDES Resolution, a 143-meter drill ship originally designed for oil exploration and converted for scientific exploration of the ocean floor, now has another new gig: It doubles as a floating classroom for earth science educators.
National Defense April 2007 Scott C. Truver	Mines, Improvised Explosives: A Threat to Global Commerce? The United States confronts the formidable task of protecting some 95,000 miles of coastlines and thousands of miles of inland waterways, including 361 ports.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 Edward J. Walsh	Navy steps out on MODERNIZATION Top Navy leaders are struggling to balance the right kind of ships, the best number of platforms, and the best mix of electronic and electro-optic technologies to meet the changing worldwide threats of the 21st century.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 John Keller	Ocean Mines Have Nowhere to Hide The U.S. Navy prepares to deploy several new mine-detection and disposal systems that employ a wide variety of electro-optic, signal-processing, and machine-automation technologies.
Geotimes March 2003 Greg Peterson	Effects of ocean noise on marine mammals still noisy A committee of acousticians, oceanographers and marine biologists found that surprisingly little is known about the long-term trends in ocean noise, and even less about its effects on marine mammals.
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean	Marines Eye Littoral Combat Ship for Future Missions The increased demand for naval support in coastal areas, meanwhile, is creating a growing demand for ships that are even smaller than the LCS
National Defense July 2004 Harold Kennedy	Navy Tests Coastal Warfare Systems Aboard New Catamaran A new high-speed catamaran, just leased for $21.7 million, is helping the U.S. Navy decide what technologies will be most useful in coastal warfare.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Questions Remain About Navy's Modified Littoral Combat Ship Instead of cutting down the program of record, the service will procure the full 52-ship buy, and the last 20 ships will be outfitted with beefed up weapons, sensors and armor, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert announced in December.