'We Should Have Been There': Marine General Laments the State of the Amphib Navy
A failure to deploy in February illustrates the low readiness of the nation’s amphibious warships, a Marine three-star tells Defense One.
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A failure to deploy in February illustrates the low readiness of the nation’s amphibious warships, a Marine three-star tells Defense One.
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Viasat displays Cloud-based communication capabilities in naval exercise 28 May 2021 (Last Updated May 28th, 2021 15:10) The company displayed a diverse set of communication capabilities at NICE ANTX, held in North Carolina. Share Article Viasat displayed methods to increase network capacity and resilience to improve situational awareness and enable advanced battlespace applications. Credit: Defence-Imagery from Pixabay. Viasat has demonstrated tactical Cloud-based communication capabilities to enable advanced battlespace applications during a n...
Share this article Share this article CARLSBAD, Calif., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, showcased its ability to enable resilient and tactical cloud-based communications during the Naval Integration in Contested Environments (NICE) Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) from April 5-15, 2021, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The NICE ANTX event, led by the Naval Research & Development Enterprise (NR&DE), invited organizations from across industry, academia and government R&D to demonstrate emerging technologies that could be lever...
Each prototype technology was grouped into one of six capability areas: command and control, communications, domain maneuver, fires and effects, fleet support, and operations in an information environment. Naval leaders selected roughly 65 technologies, the majority of them from private industry. Assessors gauged each capability while observers envisioned relevant EABO/DMO scenarios in which each product could be used. Technologies focused on radio frequency waveforms, autonomous air and sea vehicles, advanced sensors, optical communications, cybersecurity applications, and a variety of softw...