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‘Hunger for power’: US plans advanced modular batteries for all-electric destroyers
The Department of Defense has awarded a $14.2 million contract to Siemens Energy for developing an innovative modular energy storage system for warships. Named LOC-NESS (Long Operation Combatant Naval ...
Destroyer Has Become First U.S. Navy Ship To Deploy Artificial Intelligence System
The Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) became the first warship to deploy with a program-of-record artificial ...
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Navy, Marines Want More Energy Storage to Supply Power Hungry Warships, Bases
The Department of Defense last month issued a small contract for a Navy project to develop and provide a modular energy ...
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Zumwalt paving the way for U.S. Navy hypersonic weapons
The USS Zumwalt, long a punching bag, will shape "an evolving hypersonic weapons road map" inside the U.S. Navy, according to ...
Stars and Stripes2dOpinion
Ship naming: The bad precedent of bad presidents
It is important to recognize that failing to name a ship appropriately and assign it a worthy radio call sign can have ...
The National Interest6d
U.S. Navy “Embarrassed” By Lack of Lasers, Admiral Says
A U.S. Navy admiral stated bluntly earlier this month that the service should be “embarrassed” by its current conditions and battle readiness. He wasn’t talking about the size of the fleet—the ...
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The World War II destroyer escort that fought like a battleship
Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...