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Drones could very well have a crucial role in war with China.

The Navy has modernized and reached many innovative technological milestones and advancements in its 245th year.

As the U.S. Navy celebrates its 246th birthday on Oct. 13, it is an apt time to reflect on its accomplishments of the past year. Judging by those accomplishments, innovation should be the theme of the Navy’s 245th year. Just like wireless radio and nuclear-powered technologies, reliable unmanned warships are on the cusp of becoming a game-changer at sea. More quickly produced reliable unmanned warships can help counter China’s rapidly growing naval fleet.

A San Francisco native has made a career out of flying a historic military training jet...

USNI News Navy: Large USV Will Require Small Crews for the Next Several Years Ghost Fleet Ship Nomad arriving at Point Loma, Calif., on May 29, 2021. Image via Twitter NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The emerging fleet of U.S. military Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV) are set to navigate the open seas, avoid other vessels and carry out complex directives from a land-based command center over a secure commutations network. What they can’t do yet is pump their own gas. For the foreseeable future,...

The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket launched by SpaceX, on a cargo resupply service mission to the International Space Station, lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida January 10, 2015. REUTERS/Scott Audette From Sail to Steam to … the Stars? How Innovation in the Commercial Space Industry is Impacting the Maritime Sector and Coast Guard On July 21, 2021, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl L. Schultz testified to Congress on a discreet budget issue that o...

USNI News Two More ‘Ghost Fleet’ Unmanned Test Ships to Join Fleet Next Year July 13, 2021 8:50 PM USVs Ranger and Nomad unmanned vessels underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands on July 3, 2021. US Navy Photo The next pair of ships slated for the Navy and the Pentagon’s test program for autonomous ships are under construction on the Gulf Coast and set to join the service next year, defense officials told reporters on Tuesday. The Navy’s two new Ghost Fleet Overlord surfac...

 July 10, 2021: The U.S. Navy has had considerable success in developing and testing large ocean-going USVs (unmanned surface vessel). This is the Ghost Fleet Overlord program that is developing Class 4 USVs (those over 50 meters/160 feet long). The navy has built two development Ghost Fleet vessels (Nomad and Ranger) for testing, each displacing about 2,000 tons. Both have made autonomous voyages, travelling about 8,000 kilometers from the American Gulf c...

Features ‘Magnet fishing’ adventure pulls up pre-Civil War anchor Jacob Parr puts on a pair of work gloves and walks around to the backyard of his Chesapeake, Virginia, home, heading straight for a kiddie pool next to the back fence. by Katherine Hafner The Virginian-Pilot (TNS) Jul. 3 2021 @ 11:05pm Jacob Parr holds a magnet to an anchor he retrieved from Constants Wharf in Suffolk while magnet fishing Thursday, June 24, 2021. (Jonathon Gruenke/Newport News Daily Press/TNS) Jacob Parr puts...