Naval Warfare
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Thales UK's optronic mast is a non-hull breaching substitute for a periscope which rapidly captures a 360 degree scan and sends the image to the console screens in a sub’s operation center.
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A Northrop Grumman system that uses lasers to detect mines in the ocean has been given the go-ahead by the U.S. Navy for low-rate initial production.
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ScienceScientists are working on a plan to use light bending metamaterials to create the ultimate stealth vessel, which will be invisible to radar, missiles, and even the human eye according to a report in Physics World.
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Lockheed Martin recently received final approval from the U.S. Navy to proceed with the integration and shipboard installation of the world’s first, fully-open architecture Aegis weapon system for a major surface warship.
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Raytheon's Standard Missile-3s have successfully intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles outside the Earth’s atmosphere, the first time a Navy ship has demonstrated simultaneous engagements against such targets in space.
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Boeing expects to have five P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine test planes completed by March 2009, with full production expected to commence in 2013.
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September 17, 2007 UK-based defense contractor QinetiQ is preparing to demonstrate the Sentry – an unmanned watercraft the size of a jet-ski that’s set up t
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June 26, 2007 Both military and scientific missions stand to benefit from a new rapidly-deployable and autonomous mooring buoy system developed by Florida Atlan
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June 21, 2007 The role of the Navy has changed with the U.S. 'War on Terror' - it is seldom involved in direct naval battles and much more often relegated to su