General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Ultra Maritime have partnered to further airborne detection and tracking of enemy submarines, according to a news release this week.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Abby Shepherd is a Navy reporter. Before joining Inside Defense in November 2023, she was an intern with Politico's E&E News and a city government reporter with the Eudora Times in Kansas. She graduated from the University of Kansas in May 2023, with degrees in journalism and political science.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Ultra Maritime have partnered to further airborne detection and tracking of enemy submarines, according to a news release this week.
The Navy is seeking more unmanned underwater vehicle technology, asking industry members to come forward with commercial-off-the-shelf products that could be included under a small UUV program of record.
The Navy plans to hold an industry day next month for a new open-ocean, high-endurance, non-exquisite, autonomous vessel to show industry members how it would fit into an evolving surface force.
Lawmakers today continued to express their dissatisfaction with the Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 defense spending request, as they hold concurrent hearings on Capitol Hill to sort through budget priorities across the Defense Department.
The Navy has witnessed substantial interest from industry experts and developers on a potential expansion of clean energy generation through nuclear power sites on underutilized military land, an official told lawmakers Wednesday.
The Pentagon's chief weapons tester was not consulted and did not sign off on a Navy decision to forgo a milestone B test and evaluation master plan update for the MQ-25 Stingray program, despite the service's initial plan to submit the update to the office of the director of test and evaluation by the end of March.
Since the establishment of a nuclear-armed, sea-launched missile program office in March 2024, the Navy remains on track to achieve a key milestone by next year, as it assesses potential warhead options and researches how to best integrate the missile into Virginia-class submarines, a service official told lawmakers Wednesday.
The Navy is requesting industry input on a potential long-range, tactical unmanned aircraft system that would be used by an international partner for maritime domain awareness as well as search and rescue operations.
The operation to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza through the Defense Department's joint logistics over-the-shore (JLOTS) capability in 2024 faced significant challenges, DOD's inspector general announced Friday, including a lack of interoperability between the Army and Navy.
The Pentagon plans to add $150 million to its nuclear-armed sea-launched missile (SLCM-N) program in fiscal year 2025 and make several other adjustments to Navy research and development efforts in accordance with non-binding recommendations from congressional appropriators.
Recent investments, or “tailwinds,” in shipbuilding are positive, and require HII’s participation, CEO Chris Kastner said today.
A host of changes to V-22 Osprey components will ensure aircraft safety is improved overall, an official said today, following a series of crashes in recent years and subsequent groundings.
Navy Secretary John Phelan has directed the termination of a $300 million information technology contract known as the MyNavyHR Transformation Initiative, a five-year plan meant to modernize the Navy’s human resource systems.
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers today reintroduced the SHIPS for America Act -- a bill initially brought forward last year with the purpose of revitalizing the domestic maritime industry.
The Marine Corps is aiming to release an updated roadmap for robotic and autonomous systems soon, an official said today.
Defense start-up Epirus announced the delivery of a new counter-drone capability to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren today -- a system meant to support the Marine Corps.
Navy Secretary John Phelan announced Tuesday he is rescinding the Navy's Climate Action 2030 program, instituted during the Biden administration.
Last week, President Trump's executive order marked the start of a new push to rejuvenate the domestic maritime industry, but achieving the order's ambitions will require Congress to play a significant role, lawmakers and analysts told Inside Defense this week.
Last week, President Trump's executive order marked the start of a new push to rejuvenate the domestic maritime industry, but achieving the order's ambitions will require Congress to play a significant role, lawmakers and analysts told Inside Defense this week.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Lawmakers today expressed concern with the Navy's Constellation-class frigate program -- which is filled with delays and design changes -- questioning if the program should be scrapped altogether.