The US Navy and Boeing report that the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray has successfully completed its first test flight at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois on September 19. The Tail 1,… Continue reading "Boeing MQ-25 Completes First Test Flight"
In light of the recent “back to basics” directive issued by the head of US Naval Special Warfare, Overt Defense considers some of the issues around the SEALs’ “drift” from… Continue reading "SEALs Behaving Badly?"
The Expeditionary Warfare Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), developed by engineers at the US Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and their industry partner, Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, debuted at… Continue reading "Expeditionary Warfare Unmanned Surface Vehicle Demonstrated for Marine Corps and Navy"
On August 18th, just sixteen days after the official exit by the United States from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the US Navy fired a Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile… Continue reading "US Enters the Post-INF World With Ground Launch of Tomahawk Cruise Missile"
US submarine programs are facing what seems like a never ending round-robin of problems threatening to force them to miss critical deadlines. Welding issues on the launch tubes for submarine… Continue reading "US Submarine Programs Struggle Amidst a Storm of Problems"
As I have written before, the balance between the primacy of the missile or the defense in the maritime battle-space is unclear at the moment. Missiles are getting smarter and… Continue reading "Behind a Tin Foil Shield: The Importance of Soft Kill Measures in Shipboard Missile Defense"
Northrop Grumman announced on the 30 July, that they had won a $167 million USD contract for full rate production of Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGMs). The Lot 8 full… Continue reading "Northrop Grumman Wins $167 Million Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Contract"
The US DoD announced on June 28th that Insitu (a subsidiary of Boeing) was awarded a $390 million contract for both RQ-21A Blackjack and ScanEagle systems. This contract includes both… Continue reading "Boeing’s Insitu nets big RQ-21 and ScanEagle Contract"
That the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier is having problems with its weapons elevators is hardly news. The new elevators, capable of moving more ordnance faster than the older models fitted… Continue reading "Navy Doubles Down on Fixing USS Ford’s Weapons Elevators"
A Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk was shot down over the Straight of Hormuz by Iranian forces. The unmanned surveillance aircraft was flying in international airspace at the time, though Iranian… Continue reading "Iran Shoots Down US Navy RQ-4N Global Hawk"