The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman to develop a ship-board laser weapon. The deal has three phases: initial design, ground testing, and finally, weapons testing aboard a ship. Northrop Grumman will design and demonstrate a 150-kilowatt-class solid state (electric) laser weapon system. The $53 million deal could extended to become a $91 million, three year project.
The United States Navy is developing a hybrid Lidar-Radar system to see and communicate under water. A team of researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is working on technology, wh... Read More...
The U.S. Navy was planning to test an electromagnetic railgun at sea later this year, but officials are considering postponing or skipping the demonstration in order to speed up the project. The test, which is planned to be based out of the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, would involve using a prototype of the futuristic weapon to hit a floating barge in the ocean.
Earlier this month, an unmanned aircraft was tested inside an anechoic chamber while it was controlled by an external ground control station. The MQ-4C Triton is currently undergoing electromagnetic compatibili... Read More...
The U.S. Navy is spending several weeks testing an Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), which will replace steam catapults that have been used since the 1950s. The USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) successf... Read More...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that a paralyzed woman controlled an F-35 flight simulator without ever touching the joystick. Jan Scheuermann, a quadriplegic woman, had pre... Read More...
A firefighting robot was revealed at the Naval Future Force Science & Technology EXPO last week. The robot, called the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR), was developed by researchers at Virgi... Read More...