Nick Wilson

Nick Wilson is a Navy reporter. Before joining Inside Defense in August 2022, he was an intern with Marketplace and a reporter with the Daily Mining Gazette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He is a graduate of Boston College.

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Daily News | September 15, 2022

The Marine Corps is rapidly pressing forward with the development of unmanned systems for use in the air, on the ground and both above and below the water's surface, according to the service's commandant.

The Insider | September 14, 2022

An autonomous expeditionary fast transport ship successfully completed Navy acceptance trials, the final hurdle before delivery, according to a statement from shipbuilder Austal.

The Insider | September 12, 2022

The Navy will take part in an upcoming industry event focused on information warfare research technologies that may be the basis for future Requests for Prototype Projects (RPPs).

Daily News | September 8, 2022

As the Marine Corps continues its pivot to the Indo-Pacific, the service's assistant commandant is emphasizing logistics, the secure transportation of data and organic mobility as priorities in the fiscal year 2024 budget.

Daily News | August 30, 2022

The Navy plans to utilize requirements and advice from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission if the service selects a commercial shipyard to perform the first-ever dismantlement of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The NRC overseas the commercial nuclear industry.

The Insider | August 30, 2022

Austal USA and Saildrone are entering a strategic partnership to produce autonomous, uncrewed surface vehicles, according to an Austal announcement.

Daily News | August 26, 2022

The Navy's top uniformed official said he wants to have 100 unmanned platforms operating as a cohesive network within a new unmanned task force that operates out of the Middle East by summer 2023.

Daily News | August 24, 2022

As construction on the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine continues, Navy Rear Adm. Scott Pappano, who oversees the program, is emphasizing the importance of the U.S. industrial base and the need for more skilled workers to support the effort.

Daily News | August 19, 2022

The Navy is proposing a plan to contract with commercial industry to dismantle and dispose of the decommissioned nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-65) -- one of three alternative disposal plans the service has been weighing, according to a recently released environmental statement on the project.

Daily News | August 17, 2022

The Marine Corps is planning a third live-fire test of a prototype air defense system within the next six weeks, following two successful tests in which the system detected, tracked and destroyed multiple targets.

The Insider | August 11, 2022

The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has become the first CSG to deploy with a Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II squadron, and the second ever to deploy with F-35C stealth fighters.

The Insider | August 10, 2022

The Marine Corps successfully completed ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship transport of a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle using a CH-53E Super Stallion -- the first time that a Marine JLTV was moved from shore to ship by air.

Daily News | August 9, 2022

The Navy has agreed with government auditors to notify Congress when the service falls short of planned procurement quantities in any multiyear contract.

Daily News | August 5, 2022

All four congressional defense oversight committees are recommending additional funding for a new Navy hypersonic anti-surface missile, which the service wants to start next fiscal year.

Daily News | August 1, 2022

The Marine Corps is exploring the development of an Organic Precision Fires (OPF) Munition System with loitering, beyond-line-of-sight precision engagement capabilities, eying a possible fiscal year 2023 contract.

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