Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

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Luria wants shipyard funding boost in defense policy bill "We need to make sure that we have a very … robust investment in our shipyards. I don't know if we can get that full amount," Luria said of a proposed shipyard supplemental.

Navy orders safety stand down after finding sub leaders 'fell short' of navigation standards A top Navy submariner said the safety investigation into the Connecticut incident is nearing completion.

Hypersonic spy planes and cargo transports? Pentagon is interested You can imagine a reusable system that can fly around and drop payloads and come back, or a hypersonic system that can carry other hypersonic systems," said Gillian Bussey, head of DoD's Joint Hypersonics Transition Office.

Aussie PM targets quantum tech, announces 'critical technologies' push Australia's ambassador to the US, Arthur Sinodinos, confirmed unequivocally that the "mature" submarines his country will buy will use highly enriched uranium: "The subs would be using HEU, and we're just working out now the arrangements what that will mean in practice."

Another $25B boost, this time for shipyards, proposed for NDAA The bill to add $25 billion, mostly for Navy shipyards, faces long odds in the Senate this week, but it reflects lawmakers' impatience with the Pentagon's proposals.

'Blue Angels for geeks': Inside the Navy's plan to 'hack' its own unmanned strategy In an exclusive interview, the officer in charge of the Navy's research and development enterprise said he wants the upcoming Hack the Machine event to result in real demonstrations for Navy leadership by next year.

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