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By Paul McLeary on January 14, 2021 at 1:59 PM USS Zumwalt sails with an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship WASHINGTON: The Navy plans to install hypersonic missiles on its troublesome Zumwalt destroyers, after Congress gave them the green light to start studying the move in the 2021 budget. Multiple Navy officials said this week they’re diving into the effort, even though the USS Zumwalt, the first of the three-ship class, has yet to deploy despite being christened in 2016. The timeline for the Conventional Prompt Strike Weapon to be fitted onto the ship isn’t clear, but first the service needs to finish testing it’s own version of the missile, then deliver a report to the Hill. ....
A retired Air Force officer who also served as the top acquisition executive, for the Special Operations Command, Geurts has been at the forefront of the Navy’s push for unmanned ships. He has also championed the standup of 15 “tech bridges” across the country to spur innovation. By Paul McLeary on January 15, 2021 at 12:19 PM ....
By Paul McLeary on January 13, 2021 at 7:03 PM Chief Quartermaster Andrew McKnight aboard a Mark VI patrol boat with Acting Undersecretary of the Navy Gregory Slavonic WASHINGTON: The outgoing acting Undersecretary of the Navy today called for term limits on members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, complaining that members are blaming current Navy leadership for past failures. Specifically, the Navy’s plan for new classes of unmanned ships are being questioned by lawmakers who remember past missteps like the Littoral Combat Ship, Acting Undersecretary of the Navy Gregory Slavonic, who will step down next week with the administration change told the virtual Surface Navy conference this afternoon. “We’re getting beat up,” he said. ....
By Paul McLeary on January 13, 2021 at 7:47 PM The experimental unmanned Sea Hunter is the forerunner of the Navy’s proposed fleet of robotic warships. WASHINGTON: The Navy is working on designs for its future Large and Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels that would allow them to support small crews for limited and specific missions, the service’s top unmanned systems officer said today. Capt. Pete Small told the virtual Surface Navy convention that the Large USV will remain “essentially unmanned,” but will be equipped with room to berth a small crew to help getting underway and returning to a pier, refueling and doing repair work at sea. The Medium USV will not have the capacity to carry any sailors, however ....
I don t mean to be dramatic, said Navy CNO Adm. Mike Gilday, but I feel like if the Navy loses its head, if we go off course and we take our eyes off those things we need to focus on, I think we may not be able to recover in this century. By Paul McLeary on January 11, 2021 at 8:52 PM ....