Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

The latest naval warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

Navy's info warfare boss wants IW officers on subs, ARGs Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, the IW type commander, says the move comes as the Navy's operating environment is increasingly complex and competitive.

The first aircraft of its kind designed from the wheels up to be certifiable for use in mixed national airspace [Sponsored] The MQ-9B SeaGuardian can be viewed at full-scale at the Unmanned System Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi.

CNO lays out future fleet he wants: 500 ships, 12 carriers, 150 unmanned vessels "I've concluded, consistent with the analysis, that we need a naval force of over 500 ships," the Navy's top admiral told attendees at the West 2022 conference in San Diego.

Why are details of Navy's Project Overmatch so scarce? Adversary eyes, for one Navy officials insist that Project Overmatch is critical for JADC2 and the future fight, but the effort's chief said — beyond an analogy to Yelp — the secrecy is intentional.

In Singapore, Boeing touts P-8 Poseidon multi-sensor pod, for more 'multi-mission' uses The new pod takes the P-8 "and further expands it to be truly multi-int and multi-spectral," a Boeing rep said.

Navy leaders excited by Pentagon's new AI and data efforts "I think that's a common understanding from those that have been in the Pentagon – We don't in all cases have the data we need or if we do, it's not the quality that we need or timeliness or some other facets," Randal Cole, deputy chief data officer, said. "And so I think that is an ongoing challenge."

Navy air boss has new aircraft readiness targets to hit While not offering numbers, Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell says he's following new "north stars" to ensure Navy's aircraft ready for a fight.

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