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Research Efforts in Submarine Acoustic Communications

  The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was asked to identify key players in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) research efforts in acoustic submarine communications. DSIAC searched open-source documents and the Defense Technical…

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Alerts Sound on Maritime Logistics: Several Experts See Seriously Lacking Sealift Capability

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are aggressively changing course and refocusing their resources and training to prepare the fleet and expeditionary forces for a “Great Power Competition” with China and Russia. But a growing number of Navy officers and defense analysts are warning that current and planned maritime logistics capabilities are seriously inadequate to

Russia Plans to Build Four Submarines Armed with Nuclear Drone-Torpedoes

For decades, submarine nuclear deterrence has been uniquely provided by the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), designed to loft missiles from beneath the waves into space before releasing multiple nuclear warheads that rain hellfire on cities and military bases below. SSBNs can remain submerged basically indefinitely thanks to their nuclear reactors, and are thus unlikely

DARPA RFP – Reconfigurable Undersea Communications Networks to Link Underwater Vessels, Ships and Aircraft

TIMEly to develop a heterogeneous maritime communications architecture, to control rapidly reconfigurable military forces under, on, and over the ocean. U.S. military researchers are working with industry to develop real-time command-and-control communications networks that function above, on, and under the ocean using the latest in undersea communications and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Officials of the