In Focus: Distributed Maritime Operations

An in-depth look at Distributed Maritime Operations, from Breaking Defense.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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CBO Pegs Price Of Navy's FY22 Plans For Distributed Fleet: Over $32B

The new report states the actual cost of the Navy's projected fleet could be 43% higher than historical congressional appropriations.

After South China Sea Incidents, US Needs 'Sustained' Pacific Presence, Lawmaker Says

Rep. Elaine Luria and analysts say the US Navy must a play the long game when it comes to confronting China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Distributed Maritime Operations: A Resilient Force Structure Enabled By JADC2

[Sponsored] The Marine Corps' Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) and the Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 program enable DMO.

Navy's Path To Distributed Maritime Operations Unclear: Govini

Analysts from Govini say the Navy's current investments leaves open the question whether the service can fulfill its vision for Distributed Maritime Operations in the next decade.

DARPA Hopes A Plane-Boat Hybrid Can Solve The Pentagon's Sealift Challenge

A new DARPA solicitation is seeking information about a vehicle class capable of filling the sealift and airlift gaps within the Pentagon's requirements.

Distributed Maritime Operations: Dispersing The Fleet For Survivability And Lethality

[Sponsored] The near-term challenge for DMO is figuring out how to take existing platforms and systems and quickly evolve them to provide JADC2-like capabilities to a dispersed fleet.

Navy Poised To Issue RFP For Afloat Network Overhaul

The competition will bring in multiple companies to compete for work to maintain the Navy's afloat network for the next 10 years.

HII Is Making Its Play For Unmanned Systems

Huntington Ingalls Industries, like others in the defense base, is making a play for the unmanned systems market. Its moves these past two years have been aggressive.

The Navy Wants A Fleet Of Unmanned Ships. Can Industry Take The Strain?

Shipbuilding executives say they can take the strain of maintenance for a fleet of unmanned vessels, but industry and the Navy have historically struggled with the warships they are currently managing.

Northrop Exploring How SEWIP Can Feed Into Project Overmatch

"We were able to … create new software and put new communication waveforms through the system and demonstrate a class a wave forms it could be critical to the Navy as they look at Project Overmatch," said Mike Meaney, a Northrop Grumman official.

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