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The War in Ukraine and its Impact on the Future of Naval Warfare: The USV Dimension

12/22/2022
By George Galdorisi If one story has dominated the international news for the past ten months, it is Russia’s egregious invasion of Ukraine, a war that shows no sign of abating, and which is the largest conflict in Europe in over three-quarters of a century. The breathless daily reporting has…

Digital Horizon Wraps Up: Task Force 59 Perspective

12/22/2022
According to a story written by NAVCENT Public Affairs and published on December 15, 2022: U.S. 5th Fleet concluded Digital Horizon, Dec. 15, a three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence event in Bahrain that involved 17 industry partners. The event included 15 advanced systems, 10 of which operated in the Middle…

European Fighter Decisions: FCAS Next Steps, December 2022

12/20/2022
By Pierre Tran Paris - The French arms procurement office has signed a contract worth €3.2 billion ($3.4 billion) for work on the technology demonstrator phase 1B of the European future combat air system with Airbus, Dassault Aviation, the Eumet engine joint venture, and Indra, the companies said Dec. 16…

Visit to USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) by Japanese Prime Minister

12/14/2022
Pacific Ocean – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 units concluded their participation in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force International Fleet Review (IFR) in Yokosuka and Sagami Wan, Nov. 6, 2022. 11.06.2022…

Expeditionary Hospitalization Exercise

12/14/2022
U.S. Navy Sailors with Expeditionary Medical Facility Alpha, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, simulate casualty care during exercise Keen Sword 23 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. During Keen Sword 23, Naval Medical Forces Pacific exercised the inaugural employment of expeditionary hospitalization on the first island chain…

Beyond Next Steps in the War in Ukraine: Strategic Upheaval and U.S. Interests

12/14/2022
By Robbin Laird When it comes to crisis management and war termination, the United States faces a fundamental challenge: what are our strategic objectives and how do we achieve them in a world where so much is changing? I recently discussed this challenge with my colleague Dr. Paul Bracken of…

11th MEU and Maritime Autonomous Systems Ops

12/13/2022
While we await the wrap up of Digital Horizons exercise going on currently with Task Force 59, if we look back to last year we can highlight the 11th MEU working with the MANTAS T12 maritime autonomous system. Marines assigned to the All Domain Reconnaissance Detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit…