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Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller	New Ship Takes Lead in Countermine and Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship will use a broad range of autonomous and semiautonomous surface and subsurface vehicles, as well as advanced networking communications, for use against terrorists as well as conventional foes.
National Defense November 2007 Breanne Wagner	Navy's Mine-Hunting Technologies Wait for The Littoral Combat Ship The Navy has a new suite of anti-mine technologies designed to roll on and off a ship as needed. It just doesn't have the ship yet.
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Diesel Submarines Irritant to U.S. Navy Following several years of relative inaction, the U.S. Navy is charging ahead with plans to neutralize what it sees as the growing menace of enemy diesel-electric submarines.
National Defense January 2007 Grace Jean	Are Autonomous Naval Vessels the Next Big Wave? Just as drones have proliferated in the skies, Navy and industry officials say unmanned systems also will take to the world's waterways in greater numbers.
National Defense April 2014 David Antanitus	Sailor-Less Ships Soon Could Be a Reality in U.S. Navy Is the Navy ready to embrace an autonomous surface ship operating with the battle group? Probably not, at least not yet.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 John Keller	Ocean Mines Have Nowhere to Hide The U.S. Navy prepares to deploy several new mine-detection and disposal systems that employ a wide variety of electro-optic, signal-processing, and machine-automation technologies.
National Defense June 2009 Matthew Rusling	Navy to Explore New Ways to Employ Underwater Robots The goal is to deploy unmanned vehicles that can find buried mines, pinpoint enemy submarines and help to protect coastal areas from terrorist attacks.
National Defense September 2013 Valerie Insinna	Navy Anticipates Smoother Waters for LCS Mine Countermeasures Module The service is testing a mission module comprised of various countermine systems, some of which have encountered setbacks that have forced it to scrap and rework certain plans. Navy officials say that the ship will be ready to hunt mines in 2019.
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Navy Rethinking Mine Warfare Navy officials are now warning that potential adversaries such as China are viewing sea-mines as a viable weapon to deny access to U.S. vessels.
National Defense October 2005 Harold Kennedy	No Crews Required: Unmanned Vessels Hit the Waves The Navy is experimenting with a new pair of sleek-looking unmanned surface vehicles designed to deploy from on its future Littoral Combat Ship -- a small, fast vessel being designed for coastal warfare.
National Defense December 2003 Sandra I. Erwin	Littoral Combat Ship Sensors Pose Integration Challenges The LCS is a new warship being designed specifically for coastal operations, in particular anti-submarine warfare, maritime patrol, and mine detection and clearance. It must be integrated with a dispersed force of smaller networked platforms with distributed unmanned sensors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	General Dynamics Robotic Systems Wins U.S. Navy USV Contract Officials at The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center have awarded General Dynamics Robotic Systems an $8.5 million contract for two Unmanned Surface Vehicles for the Littoral Combat Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Module.
National Defense March 2010 Grace V. Jean	Shifting Sailors' Workload to Robots Still Wishful Thinking Unmanned vehicles are manpower-intensive technologies that require human control and monitoring often on a one-to-one basis.
National Defense April 2010 Grace V. Jean	Navy's Littoral Combat Ship to Share Duties with Coast Guard On her maiden deployment, the Navy's first littoral combat ship is carrying a surface warfare package that includes maritime security boats, boarding team equipment and berthing modules.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 John Keller	Swimming Robots Navy experts and industry leaders are looking into the latest generation of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for maritime applications ranging from training to covertly deploying weapons.
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 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Shrewd Tactics Underpin Navy Strategy to Defeat Diesel Submarines Navy planners anticipate that adversaries will try to deny U.S. forces access to key strategic coastal areas by deploying quiet diesel-electric submarines.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 Courtney E. Howard	U.S. Navy Officials Announce Milestones During Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition U.S. Navy officials revealed several firsts at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, including the acceptance and deployment of two new minesweeping warships and the debut of a research-and-development center.
National Defense January 2007 Grace Jean	Fleet Expansion Hinges On Littoral Combat Ship The Navy took its new warship, the littoral combat ship, from concept to reality in record speed. The service, however, may take years to define the vessel's future missions and develop its various weapon systems.
National Defense March 2010 Grace V. Jean	Builders of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Pull Out All the Stops When the Navy later this year picks a winner to build its littoral combat ship, no matter which contractor is selected, the decision will be seen as a turning point for the troubled program.
National Defense August 2011 Grace V. Jean	Drone Sensor Data Will Overload Networks, Navy Officials Warn The expected growth of unmanned systems at sea is raising concerns that the Navy's networks are ill prepared to handle the commensurate flood of data that the sensors will produce.
National Defense April 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Washington Pulse Although the Navy does not have the equivalent of a "Comanche" on the horizon, all programs are under review in preparation for the fiscal year 2006 budget submission, said the chief of naval operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 Edward J. Walsh	Navy steps out on MODERNIZATION Top Navy leaders are struggling to balance the right kind of ships, the best number of platforms, and the best mix of electronic and electro-optic technologies to meet the changing worldwide threats of the 21st century.
National Defense April 2012 Antoine Martin	U.S. Expands Use Of Underwater Unmanned Vehicles There are today an estimated 450 underwater unmanned vehicles in the U.S. military inventory.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin	Navy Adjusts Course for Underwater Robots The Navy is updating its blueprint for future undersea robotic vehicles to reflect recent changes in military strategy.
National Defense September 2013 Dan Parsons	Bigger Brains, Better Batteries Will Enable New Missions For Robotic Submarines As the Navy takes on a larger role in national security strategy following the conclusion of two land wars, unmanned underwater vehicles may have another shot at becoming a technology favored in future budgets.
National Defense October 2012 Eric Beidel	Scientists Developing Sub-Tracking Sea Drone The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to McLean, Va.-based Science Applications International Corp. to develop an unmanned vessel that can track these subs for months at a time over thousands of kilometers.
National Defense January 2004 Frank Colucci	Navy Upgrading Sea-Mine Sweeper Helicopters The U.S. Navy intends to deploy the first MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters equipped with organic airborne mine countermeasures with carrier battle groups in 2005.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 John Keller	An Appeal for New Emphasis on Antisubmarine Warfare With the growing submarine threat from often undetermined adversaries, let's hope a renewed emphasis on antisubmarine warfare (ASW) technology isn't too little, too late.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Questions Remain About Navy's Modified Littoral Combat Ship Instead of cutting down the program of record, the service will procure the full 52-ship buy, and the last 20 ships will be outfitted with beefed up weapons, sensors and armor, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert announced in December.
National Defense April 2008 Grace Jean	Undersea Combat Simulators Needed, Navy Says The Navy is worried about quiet diesel-electric submarines that are proliferating around the world and particularly in the western Pacific. But officials say the bigger challenge is training sailors to find and engage those submarines.
National Defense August 2014 Dan Parsons	Littoral Combat Ship Will Be Modified, If Not Replaced The Navy may soon dramatically change course on its decade-long, multi-billion dollar experiment to build a relatively inexpensive surface combatant.
Popular Mechanics December 1, 2008 Andrew Moseman	4 Challenges for the Navy as More Unmanned Drones Go Underwater The Navy is getting up to speed with unmanned vehicles.
National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna	Navy's New Drones Taking Center Stage The Navy finally is developing its own custom unmanned air systems, with the service planning on fielding four new aircraft in the next few years.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Navy Leaders Want a More Flexible Fleet After fighting two land wars for a decade, the military is putting an emphasis back on the sea and is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to a more maritime-weighted mission in the Middle East.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 Courtney E. Howard	UUVs to Benefit Undersea Combat Forces Industry innovators are launching competitive designs of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), with the winners earning an early slot in the U.S. Navy's UUV Master Plan.
National Defense June 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Navy's Minesweeping Unmanned Vessel on Schedule Textron Systems won the $33.8 million contract in September and completed its preliminary design review this spring. No significant issues were discovered, according to Textron.
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean	Autonomous Seaplane Will Go Into Production in 2008 An unmanned aircraft that can take off and land in water without any launching or trapping contraptions is planned for production late next year.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 John Keller	Navy Seeks to Enhance Undersea Surveillance to Optimize Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations One possibility is to use data from sonobuoys with active sonar and temperature-measuring capabilities-to determine the most effective ways of searching for hostile submarines in littoral areas.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 Courtney E. Howard	U.S. Navy Gains Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle to Combat Underwater Mines Lockheed Martin has delivered the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) to the U.S. Navy, boosting the mine countermeasures capability of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and littoral combat ships (LCS).
National Defense April 2013 Valerie Insinna	Littoral Combat Ship Sets Sail on First Deployment As the littoral combat ship USS Freedom sets out for Singapore this spring, Navy officials are hoping a smooth first deployment will finally prove the ship's worth to critics.
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean	Marines Eye Littoral Combat Ship for Future Missions The increased demand for naval support in coastal areas, meanwhile, is creating a growing demand for ships that are even smaller than the LCS
National Defense April 2014 Valerie Insinna	Littoral Combat Ship Faces Uncertain Future On Feb. 24, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed rumors that had been swirling around the littoral combat ship program for months -- instead of going forward with its planned 52 ship buy, purchases would be limited to 32.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 Ed Walsh	The Next Step for Shipboard Electronics Growth of the U.S. Navy's fleet of surface warships and submarines is riding on systems innovation and new technologies to introduce open-systems solutions for network-centric warfare, ballistic-missile defense, and other capabilities for the 21st century maritime warfare.
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Technology Spending Will Target Current and Future Navy Fleet The Navy should direct its future science, research and technology spending to both improving the current fleet and designing next-generation systems, officials say.
National Defense June 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Underwater Drone Manufacturers Eye New Power Technologies Experts agree that the future of unmanned underwater vehicles is bright, with more investment expected from both the government and commercial sector. However, power generation continues to be a conundrum for engineers.
National Defense January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Navy's Long-Endurance Underwater Drone to Begin Deep-Ocean Navigation The system has been in the works for years. It is being designed as an underwater vehicle that can travel across oceans for long periods of time without refueling.
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.