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By   Paul McLeary on January 13, 2021 at 7:03 PM Chief Quartermaster Andrew McKnight aboard a Mark VI patrol boat with Acting Undersecretary of the Navy Gregory Slavonic WASHINGTON: The outgoing acting Undersecretary of the Navy today called for term limits on members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, complaining that members are blaming current Navy leadership for past failures.  Specifically, the Navy’s plan for new classes of unmanned ships are being questioned by lawm...

By   Paul McLeary on January 13, 2021 at 7:47 PM The experimental unmanned Sea Hunter is the forerunner of the Navy’s proposed fleet of robotic warships. WASHINGTON: The Navy is working on designs for its future Large and Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels that would allow them to support small crews for limited and specific missions, the service’s top unmanned systems officer said today. Capt. Pete Small told the virtual Surface Navy convention that the Large USV will remain “essentially...

"We have ample margin for this hull form," said Capt. Kevin Smith, the Navy’s frigate program manager. "Some of those could lead to direct energy type projects and other capability. But right now, just as an example for weight, we have at least 100 tons of margin for future upgrades." By   Paul McLeary on January 12, 2021 at 6:39 PM

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Surface Navy 2021: USN works to equip Zumwalt destroyers with conventional prompt strike weapon 11 January 2021 by Michael Fabey Responding to a recent mandate by US lawmakers, the US Navy (USN) is working now to develop and integrate a conventional prompt strike system on the Zumwalt-class guided-missile (DDG 1000) destroyer, Rear Admiral Paul Schlise, director, USN Surface Warfare Division said on 8 January. “This has been under discussion for a little while,” Rear Adm Schlise said during...

Cyber intrusion and sabotage, though the admiral insists there are no indications that those are the causes of the incident. lets bring in former nato allied supreme commander. please diplomacy analyst for nbc news and msnbc. >> admiral, a tough day for the navy. i want to ask you the question that im hearing from navy people i talk to. is it possible that after these many, many years where weve been focused on ground wars around the world that our surface navy may be lacking in the kind of trai...

This and i think hell bring in outside eyes to take a look at whats happening in our surface navy. but we ought to mention theres an operational aspect to this. weve loss two of the front line operational missions. its a very bad day for the navy. were going to have to get to work. >> admiral, let me ask you to focus on the thing that you oversaw when you were supreme allied commander. president trump said hes looking for support from u.s. allies for this mission and you hear talk that maybe wed...

Wake of what happened to mccain to the entire fleet. i think thats wise. if you listen to him, he did not just apply this to the surface navy, to destroyers and recruiters, but the entire navy now will be taking a wider look at how they disgust safe navigation on a daily basis. he did take that seriously and broaden the scope out some. >> and general in the u.s.s. mccain, in addition to quality of life, it could obviously counter any action. that could be an added concern. >> oh, it is. these ty...