Inside the Navy highlights

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy:

1. The Navy is preparing to put its inventory of Tomahawk missiles through a refurbishment process known as re-certification starting in fiscal year 2019, with some of the land-attack missiles expected to receive a newly developed ability to strike targets at sea during the factory restoration.

Full Story: Navy plans for Tomahawk re-certification to include anti-ship upgrade

2. The Navy is refusing to accept a new Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship from contractor Lockheed Martin until a software glitch with the ship's high-speed propulsion gears is fixed.

Full Story: Navy won't accept new Freedom-variant LCS until gear software fixed

3. The surface Navy is interested in technology similar to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research's unmanned aerial system that can fly vertically and horizontally from a small ship.

Full Story: Surface Navy is interested in UAS helicopter to operate from small ship