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Dual Band radar still had problems prior to USS Ford's first deployment.
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USS Gerald R. Ford Was Still Struggling With Its Dual Band Radar Prior To Deployment

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Feb 5, 2025

The Navy destroyer USS Pinckney.
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Navy Says It Won’t Repeat Cruiser Upgrade Blunder With Destroyer Modernization 2.0 Effort

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 21, 2025

Iran has developed a reputation for launching some unconventional naval vessels, some of them downright bizarre — at least when compared with their equivalents elsewhere in the world. Its latest offering, the Zagros, is very much in keeping with this trend: a surveillance ship based on a corvette hull, an unorthodox approach for a type of vessel that’s normally converted from a commercial hull.
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Iran Unveils New Spy Ship Based On Corvette Hull

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 16, 2025

A conceptual design of the U.S. Navy's future DDG(X) warship.
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DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer’s Capabilities And Costs Are Solidifying

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

USS Jack H. Lucas
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Cost Of Navy’s Newest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Is Ballooning

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 8, 2025

Full Retirement Of Ticonderoga Cruisers On Hold, Trio To Remain In Service Into 2029
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Full Retirement Of Ticonderoga Cruisers On Hold, Trio To Remain In Service Into 2029

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 5, 2024

The U.S. Navy plans to keep all 12 of its Flight I Arleigh Burke class destroyers in service beyond their originally 35-year expected service life.
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Oldest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Get Reprieve, Service Extended Into 2030s

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 31, 2024

EASR Jack Lucas (RTX)
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The Latest On The SPY-6 Radar That’s Set To Dominate The Navy’s Future Fleet

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 12, 2024

The new radar for Japan's future cruiser-sized Aegis System Equipped Vessels has successfully tracked targets in space for the first time.
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Radar For Japan’s New Missile Defense Ships Passes Critical Space Object Tracking Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 2, 2024

The future USS USS Richard M. McCool Jr. is the first San Antonio class amphibious warfare ship to receive a major radar upgrade.
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San Antonio Class Looks Very Different After Shedding Its Stealthy Masts

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 6, 2024

Still of sonar data captured by the Peruvian Navy during SIFOREX 2023
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Sonar Images Show A Submarine Playing Dead On The Sea Floor

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 25, 2023

New details about the US military's plans to expand air and missile defenses on Guam show the island is set to see major changes on the ground and in the air.
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Guam’s Airspace Set To Be Most Defended On Earth In New Plans

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 11, 2023

The Navy's Flyaway Deep Ocean Salvage System will take a day to install on a ship before it can help with the Titan submersible search and rescue effort.
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Navy’s Deep Sea Salvage System Still In Port, At Least Day Away From Joining Titan Search

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 21, 2023

Collins Class submarines
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Australia Getting U.S. Containerized Submarine-Tracking Sonar System

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 5, 2023

Ocean research vessel Hi’ialakai
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Live The Life Aquatic By Buying This Ex-Navy Sonar Ship With A Rich History

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 28, 2023

The U.S. Navy Is Getting A Major Radar Upgrade
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The U.S. Navy Is Getting A Major Radar Upgrade

By Justin Bronk

Posted on Dec 12, 2022