There s something on which Virginia Democrats and Republicans seemingly can agree: Trains. Both sides of the aisle concur that we need more passenger rail traffic, especially along the Interstate 95
Chesapeake Bay may never be completely restored to the pristine condition it was when Captain John Smith led two exploratory voyages on it in 1608 and wrote, “Heaven and Earth
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An unmanned ship, part of the Strategic Capabilities Office’s Ghost Fleet Overlord program
WASHINGTON: A new Navy document offers a broad outline for developing and fielding new generations of unmanned platforms, while refusing tie the service to any one capability, platform, timeline, or budget.
Next month, the Navy will also kick off a major exercise of the California coast to begin working through how to operate unmanned vessels and crewed ships together, putting a Zumwalt destroyer in the water to act as a testbed for the effort.
Overall, the unclassified version of the Unmanned Campaign Framework underscores the need to work with the defense industry, academia, and other services to build new systems that can operate autonomously and across the joint force, but “unmanned systems in themselves aren’t a goal,” Vice Adm. Jim Kilby, head of the Navy’s Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities office, told reporters in
Pentagon budget must prioritize Navy, Air Force and cyber, lawmakers say February 22
Two sea power advocates in Congress are making the case to grow the Navy s budget, along with the Air Force and cyber capabilities, at the expense of the other services. (U.S. Navy via Huntington Ingalls Industries) WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and cyberwarfare must start taking a larger share of the defense budget if the U.S. is going to compete with China, two sea power advocates in Congress said last week. Speaking at a recent Hudson Institute virtual event, House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said the Pentagon is at an “inflection point” over whether the Navy, Air Force and cyber “are going to take a larger portion of the pie chart” when the fiscal 2022 budget is released this spring.
Pentagon budget must prioritize Navy, Air Force and cyber, lawmakers say February 22 Two sea power advocates in Congress are making the case to grow the Navy s budget, along with the Air Force and cyber capabilities, at the expense of the other services. (U.S. Navy via Huntington Ingalls Industries) WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and cyberwarfare must start taking a larger share of the defense budget if the U.S. is going to compete with China, two sea power advocates in Congress said last week. Speaking at a recent Hudson Institute virtual event, House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said the Pentagon is at an “inflection point” over whether the Navy, Air Force and cyber “are going to take a larger portion of the pie chart” when the fiscal 2022 budget is released this spring.