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Popular Mechanics
January 24, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Secret Test at Air Force Base Aims to Break Land Speed Record Next week, engineers at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico will try to break a land speed record, blasting a rail-mounted rocket sled at Mach 8.9 during a test of a classified Navy system.   |
National Defense
April 2012
Eric Beidel |
Navy's Electric Gun Could Hit Targets More Than 100 Miles Away The Navy has begun firing a weapon that uses electricity instead of gunpowder to launch projectiles faster and farther than ever before. |
National Defense
June 2015
Allyson Versprille |
Integration Biggest Challenge for Railgun As the Navy prepares to test its electromagnetic railgun at sea for the first time in 2016, service leaders said one of the biggest challenges will be integrating the new technology onto existing platforms. |
National Defense
August 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Navy Will Build Electromagnetic Gun Test Site The U.S. Navy is preparing to break ground on a program dedicated to testing the science behind electromagnetic rail guns. |
National Defense
April 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Elusive Targets The Navy is in pursuit of smart weapons for five-inch guns. |
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons. |
National Defense
March 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy Artillery: No New Weapons on the Horizon A decade-long effort to develop advanced munitions for 5-inch guns remains in limbo, and the technology is not likely to be ready for operational use in the foreseeable future. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
As Navy Tech Advances, Will New Weapons Cause a Power Crunch? The Navy is developing new weapons and sensors that demand large amounts of electrical power. |
National Defense
July 2010 |
Navy Looking at Lasers to Defend Ships From Enemy Aircraft The Navy recently tested commercial welding lasers and has proven that the beams are capable of knocking small planes out of the sky. |
National Defense
March 2012
Eric Beidel |
Navy Leaders Want a More Flexible Fleet After fighting two land wars for a decade, the military is putting an emphasis back on the sea and is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to a more maritime-weighted mission in the Middle East. |
National Defense
November 2015
Jon Harper |
Navy Working on 'Sci-Fi' Weapons The Navy's research-and-development dollars are going toward systems that will help the service stay ahead of advanced weaponry being developed by China and other potential adversaries. |
National Defense
January 2015
Ben Freeman |
Canceling the DDG-1000 Destroyer Program Was a Mistake The U.S. Navy's DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers are extraordinarily expensive, but ending the Zumwalt program in favor of buying upgraded versions of the decades-old Arleigh-Burke DDG-51 destroyers limits the Navy's capabilities without significantly reducing costs |
National Defense
November 2007
Grace Jean |
Electric Guns on Navy ships: Not Yet on The Horizon Scientists have been researching the electromagnetic rail gun for decades and as it slowly develops, analysts question when and if it will come to fruition in the face of ongoing engineering challenges. |
National Defense
November 2007
Breanne Wagner |
All-Electric Ship Could Begin to Take Shape By 2012 As part of an ambitious technology plan for the Navy fleet of the future, the Office of Naval Research is exploring ways to power all-electric ships. |
National Defense
April 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Threats To Aircraft Carriers Bolster Case for Unmanned Combat Jets The dominance of U.S. aircraft carriers, however, could be one day challenged if future enemies arm themselves with accurate, long-range missiles. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
John McHale |
Key Tactical Data Link Systems Clear Operational Testing U.S. Navy experts are moving ahead with an upgrade to the Tactical Data Link (TDL) system onboard Navy ships after testing the data link earlier this year. The TDL will transfer information quickly and securely among military assets. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006
Ben Ames |
Navy pushes forward in developing electric warship Navy leaders have taken two steps toward creating an all-electric destroyer -- awarding a contract and funding further research. |
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
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Shipbuilding Plans Shrouded in Secrecy Lawmakers were in an uproar this month over the Navy's decision to not turn in a congressionally mandated report that outlines the service's 30-year ship acquisition forecast. |
National Defense
August 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Navy Aiming for Laser Weapons at Sea The Navy expects to incorporate lasers onto most ship classes in its surface fleet, including amphibious ships, cruisers and destroyers. |
National Defense
August 2009
Jason Jacks |
Navy Looks To New Hull Coating to Keep Barnacles at Bay The Office of Naval Research is developing a new hull coating that the Navy hopes will reduce the build-up of barnacles and other crustaceans on ships' hulls. |
National Defense
May 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Confusion Surrounds Navy's Carrier-Based Drone The Navy in 2010 first released a request for information for the unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, or UCLASS, but officials took years debating whether it wanted a revolutionary technology or something less risky. |
National Defense
March 2015
Valerie Insinna |
'Distributed Lethality' Concept Boosts Navy's Need For New Weaponry A new concept called "distributed lethality," describes how legacy vessels would be packed with off-the-shelf weapons and sensors that make them more deadly and survivable. |
AskMen.com
Aaron Broverman |
Top 10: Future Weapons In the wrong hands, these weapons could pick entire civilizations clean, but thankfully when used with striking precision and tactical strategy these weapons mean more of the good guys survive, while all that evil never stands a chance. |
National Defense
May 2005
Robert H. Williams |
Navy Showcases Experimental `Sea Fighter' Developed by the Office of Naval Research, this high-speed, aluminum catamaran is designed to test a variety of technologies that could allow the Navy to operate more effectively in littoral, or shallow, waters. |
National Defense
November 2007
Grace Jean |
Shipbuilders Forecast Exodus of Submarine Designers Builders of Navy submarines for years have tried to convince admirals and members of Congress that trouble lies ahead. |
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
August 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control. |
National Defense
January 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Shipbuilding Plan Sailing Into Turbulent Seas Cutbacks in personnel, training and maintenance costs will fuel a moderate growth in Navy procurement programs starting in 2008, albeit at a slower pace than Navy leaders had forecast a year ago, analysts estimate. |
