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National Defense May 2007 Grace Jean	Scientists Bemoan Loss of Exploration Vessel The NR-1 small nuclear-powered submarine has been plying the world's oceans on scientific missions, but is schedule to be inactivated late next year.
National Defense May 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Applications, Markets Sought For Underwater Communication System A new technology designed to communicate with submarines as they travel stealthily at great depths and speeds is now being looked at as a means to send messages to special operations divers and commands to unmanned underwater vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006	L3 Cincinnati Electronics to Provide Optoelectronic Surveillance for Navy Research Vessel L3's NightConqueror will be part of the Navy's Sea Fighter FSF-1's Vistar 350 sensor suite, operating as a navigational optoelectronic system. NightConqueror produces high-resolution thermal imagery for round-the-clock observation at night, in smoke, and in bad weather.
National Defense January 2009 Stew Magnuson	Navy Can Text Stealthy Submarines 24/7 For years, the Navy has wanted to communicate with its submarines as they travel underwater at great depths.
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Joe Pappalardo	3 New Ways the U.S. Navy Will Fight Underwater Terrorism A lone diver can disable a warship from below the waterline using an explosive charge. The Navy can locate divers with sonar but is looking for ways to stop them.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale	Technology Refresh Key for Maintaining Submarine Fleet U.S. Navy officials say that embracing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and shortening the technology refresh time for electronic payloads is crucial to maintaining the superiority of the fleet.
National Defense May 2005 Robert H. Williams	Navy Showcases Experimental `Sea Fighter' Developed by the Office of Naval Research, this high-speed, aluminum catamaran is designed to test a variety of technologies that could allow the Navy to operate more effectively in littoral, or shallow, waters.
National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance.
Salon.com February 24, 2001 Daryl Lindsey	More embarrassing revelations for the Navy A leaked internal report acknowledges that civilians onboard the USS Greeneville may have played a role in the crash that killed nine...
National Defense November 2014 Valerie Insinna	Shipbuilders Bet on Radical Hull Designs to Defeat Swarming Boat Threat There is a need for a highly, highly stabilized craft that are not large, that are smaller, that can be used to patrol and defend the Navy's ships while they're in troubled waters against high-speed boats.
Salon.com February 23, 2001 Daryl Lindsey	Minding social graces on a nuclear submarine What really happens when civilians enter the tight confines of a vessel of war? The Navy captain who wrote "Run Silent, Run Deep" gives his account...
National Defense July 2010 Grace V. Jean	Ship Maintainers Get First Glimpse into Virginia Class The first of the Navy's newest class of attack submarines, USS Virginia (SSN-774), returned from its maiden deployment in April and is slated for its first scheduled maintenance later this year in Portsmouth, Maine.
National Defense December 2006 Grace Jean	Undersea Range Planned for Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy has proposed constructing an undersea warfare training range off the East Coast to prepare sailors for anti-submarine missions in shallow waters. Opponents to the plan say the sonar activity will harm marine life in the area.
National Defense July 2010 Grace V. Jean	In the Navy's Forecast, a Shrinking Attack Submarine Fleet The Navy faces a 23-year period when the number of attack submarines in the fleet falls below the desired 48 ships.
National Defense January 2010 Grace V. Jean	Submariners Going 'Back to Basics' The Navy struggles to adequately train mariners to use the technology aboard ships and submarines.
National Defense January 2010 Grace V. Jean	Trident Program Intent On Avoiding Past Shipbuilding Pitfalls As the Navy begins to design its next ballistic-missile submarine, officials caution that the service must avoid shipbuilding practices of the past that have led to cost overruns and delays.
National Defense April 2005	Autonomous Craft Explores the Deep A 30-foot unmanned underwater vehicle developed by Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory is performing an array of underwater tasks for the Navy.
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	`Sea Bases' Will Be a Growth Industry, Predicts Expert The relevance of the U.S. Navy in future military conflicts will be pegged to its ability to provide adequate "sea bases" for ground troops and tactical aircraft.
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson	Mesh of Technologies to Provide Maritime Safety Net While the Department of Homeland Security begins efforts to strengthen the nation's land borders, less publicized work continues on building a so-called virtual wall along U.S. coasts.
National Defense March 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy's Acquisition Methods Slow Down Deployment of Undersea Robots The Navy recently experienced sticker shock when estimates for a robotic mine-hunting vehicle came in at more than $12 million apiece, or 51 percent higher than expected.
National Defense September 2004 Harold Kennedy	Costs, Delays Surface Again for New Attack Submarines Just a year after U.S. Navy officials assured Congress that they had taken steps to stem rising costs and production delays for the newest family of nuclear-powered attack submarines, they now concede that problems may not have gone away.
National Defense November 2015 Jon Harper	Navy Working on 'Sci-Fi' Weapons The Navy's research-and-development dollars are going toward systems that will help the service stay ahead of advanced weaponry being developed by China and other potential adversaries.
Popular Mechanics February 1, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Navy Tests Super-Powered Rail Gun & 6500-mph Secret Machine Navy engineers had a banner day on Thursday, with two weapons tests breaking world records loudly.
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Sailors Move From Classrooms To Shipboard Simulators The U.S. Navy will be plowing millions of dollars into new simulators that will be used aboard ships, rather than ashore, to help sailors acquire specialized skills before they depart on a mission
National Defense April 2006 Grace Jean	Plans to Expand Fleet May Be Unrealistic Amid assurances by the Navy leadership that the latest shipbuilding blueprint is on a safe course, several analysts are sounding alarms. Unless the Navy begins to aggressively cut costs from its shipbuilding programs and pump much more money into these accounts, the plan could fail.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 John McHale	Key Tactical Data Link Systems Clear Operational Testing U.S. Navy experts are moving ahead with an upgrade to the Tactical Data Link (TDL) system onboard Navy ships after testing the data link earlier this year. The TDL will transfer information quickly and securely among military assets.
Real Travel Adventures June 2008 Linda Ballou	When the Whales Stop Singing The battle beneath the surface of the ocean goes on unnoticed as whales are continually entangled in mankind's underwater contraptions.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008	Australian Navy Selects OSI Geospatial Submarine Navigation Systems The company will provide the Australian Navy with its Electronic Chart Precise Integrated Navigation System (ECPINS) submarine navigation system.
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Bases at Sea: No Longer Unthinkable Staging a military campaign the size of Operation Iraqi Freedom entirely from ships at sea---with no access to land bases---would seem inconceivable to most defense planners. Nonetheless, the notion is gaining momentum at the Pentagon.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 Courtney E. Howard	General Dynamics christens U.S. Navy's most-advanced submarine The fast attack submarine USS New Hampshire is considered the U.S. Navy's most advanced nuclear submarine.
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Shipbuilding Plan Sailing Into Turbulent Seas Cutbacks in personnel, training and maintenance costs will fuel a moderate growth in Navy procurement programs starting in 2008, albeit at a slower pace than Navy leaders had forecast a year ago, analysts estimate.
National Defense April 2008 Grace Jean	Diesel-Electric Submarines, the U.S. Navy's Latest Annoyance Nations in the western Pacific have begun to acquire stealthy diesel-electric submarines, which could one day threaten U.S. access to strategic coastal areas of the world or interrupt the flow of commerce around the globe.
National Defense March 2008 Breanne Wagner	Navy Slows Pursuit of Autonomous Vessels for Coastal Surveillance The Navy has expressed interest in acquiring unmanned vessels that would patrol coastal areas, but budgetary and technological issues are slowing down the development and procurement of these vehicles.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Elusive Targets The Navy is in pursuit of smart weapons for five-inch guns.
National Defense June 2009 Matthew Rusling	Gliders Will Aid Naval Research The Navy will acquire underwater gliders to boost its oceanographic research efforts and to help improve the positioning of fleets during naval maneuvers.
National Defense March 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy Downsizing Force to Pay for New Ships The desired expansion of the fleet--from 292 to about 375 ships--would be financed largely with cutbacks in personnel.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004	Product Applications Planners at the U.S. Navy choose the Advanced Display System from Lockheed Martin Corp. and DRS Technologies Inc... British air tankers will use Honeywell displays... Raytheon uses Saft battery in TOW missile... etc.
National Defense November 2007 Grace Jean	Shipbuilders Forecast Exodus of Submarine Designers Builders of Navy submarines for years have tried to convince admirals and members of Congress that trouble lies ahead.
National Defense April 2007 Scott C. Truver	Mines, Improvised Explosives: A Threat to Global Commerce? The United States confronts the formidable task of protecting some 95,000 miles of coastlines and thousands of miles of inland waterways, including 361 ports.
National Defense July 2010 Grace V. Jean	Submarine Crews Will Learn Navigation, Mariner Skills in Simulators The Navy is looking to buy a virtual submarine bridge trainer to teach crews navigation and mariner skills.
National Defense November 2006 Grace Jean	Navy Leaders to Articulate Current and Future Missions Recent efforts by the Navy to deploy forces for ground combat and engage in other non-traditional duties are signs that the service intends to be relevant in the U.S. war on terrorism.
National Defense April 2008 Grace Jean	Navy to Deploy Robotic Sub Hunters The Navy this fall plans to test new unmanned vehicles and sensors that were specially designed to detect diesel-electric submarines in coastal waters.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006	Navy Navigates Unmanned Undersea Vehicle with Lockheed Martin Sensor Under a $10.6 million contract, Lockheed Martin engineers will integrate a sensor array capable of 3D obstacle detection and classification, VHF communication, and 3D bathymetry into the Navy's Advanced Development Unmanned Undersea Vehicle.
National Defense April 2006 Grace Jean	Surface Combatants Dominate Future Fleet The Navy plans to build a total of 88 surface combatants composed of 26 next-generation destroyers and cruisers and 62 Arleigh-Burke ships.
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Sea-Based Missile Defense Scores Hits, But Will it Work in a Real Attack? There is still one major weakness in U.S. missile defense systems that neither the Navy nor the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has yet been able to overcome -- the ability to discern real warheads from harmless decoys.
National Defense October 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Friendly Navies Sought For Unwanted U.S. Ships The delivery of two former Navy warships to Taiwan last month marks the beginning of what is expected to be a busy ship-transfer season for the United States.
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Communication Options for Sailors at Sea For all the sophisticated systems and weapons to be found aboard naval warships, there is one fundamental area where technology has been trailing: communications over and under the seas.