NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The United States' shipbuilding capabilities have "atrophied," and the nation's shipbuilders need to focus on digitization and modernization in order to build ships at a more competitive cost and on schedule, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday at the annual Sea-Air-Space exposition.

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2024--NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) started off the 2024 Sea-Air-Space Expo by holding panel discussions on manned/unmanned and weapons-systems advancements, additive-manufacturing success stories, and opportunities for small businesses to collaborate with NAVAIR to aid the warfighter. 

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have teamed up to accelerate adoption of commercial dual-use technology solutions, while enhancing the advanced education of defense leaders necessary to employ them.

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies is collaborating with Qatari shipbuilder Performance Marine to showcase their first autonomous uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), called Suhail, during the eighth edition of the Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX).

OWEGO, N.Y. Lockheed Martin, Intel Corp., and Altera, an Intel Company, are joining hands to support the Stimulating Transition for Advanced Microelectronics Packaging (STAMP) program for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E). Lockheed Martin will develop a low size, weight, and power (SWaP), Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) aligned airborne electronic defense system, leveraging the Altera Multi-Chip Package (MCP2) for expected use on the U.S. Navy’s MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. 

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The U.S. Navy has released its Naval Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy document, which will guide Navy and Marine Corps science and technology research efforts in the future, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced Tuesday at the annual Sea-Air-Space exposition.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The U.S. Navy will soon start training a new group of specialists focused on robotic warfare in the coming years, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told attendees of the annual Sea-Air-Space exposition on Tuesday.

GERMANTOWN, Md. Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar company) announced that it won a production contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to produce a key component of the next-generation satellite communications (SATCOM) system for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle 25M uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).

MANAMA, Bahrain. U.S. and the United Kingdom Naval Forces conducted a bilateral mine countermeasures exercise called Poseidon's Chalice in the Arabian Sea from Feb. 24 - March 16. The exercise’s primary focus was to maximize training opportunities in mine warfare and explosive ordinance disposal training, according to a U.S. Navy release.

WASHINGTON. BAE Systems won an additional $25 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded $181 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for more Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) under the Marine Corps’ fourth order for full-rate production (FRP).

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Northrop Grumman engineers completed assembly of a full-size uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) prototype they dubbed Manta Ray. The UUV is an extra-large glider that will operate long-duration, long-range, and payload-capable undersea missions without need for on-site human logistics.

SAN DIEGO. Military Embedded Systems is pleased to announce the winners of its Best In Show awards at this week's Sea-Air-Space 2024 Conference & Exhibition. 

WASHINGTON. Researchers at the  U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed a patent-pending Continuous 3D-Cooled Atom Beam Interferometer that is derived from a patented cold and continuous beam of atoms to explore atom-interferometry-based inertial measurement systems as a way to reduce drift in Naval navigation systems.

MOORESTOWN, N.J. Engineers from Lockheed Martin demonstrated the first live track AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar for the Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV), for the Japanese navy. The Japan Ministry of Defense will field two ASEVs with the SPY-7 radar system.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Saab will showcase its Sea Giraffe 1X Multi-Modal (air and surface search) radar at Sea-Air-Space 2024 this week at booth 701, the company announced in a statement, noting that the radar system is designed to be adaptable for use on various naval, surface, or ground platforms.