Bioluminescence

Use Bioluminescence to Own the ASW Night

While night-vision devices have been used mainly for land warfare, the possible use of low-light sensors at sea is compelling, when the night is dark and the ocean luminous.

October 2021
Marine

Future Warriors Will Depend on Mixed Reality

Mixed-reality systems have a multitude of potential applications that can be used both on and off the battlefield.

Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Reynolds, U.S. Marine Corps
September 2021
aircraft

Rethinking SEAD for A2/AD

The value of a weapon that can strike from the sea suddenly, decisively, and without risk of losing a single U.S. warfighter should not be overlooked.

Second Lieutenant David Ingels-Thompson, U.S. Army
April 2021
Innovation Cell

Better Living (and Fighting) through Batteries

Figuring out the next significant improvement in battery technology is the key to keeping the edge in emerging and disruptive technologies.

Staff Sergeant Jairo I. Patino, U.S. Marine Corps
February 2021
The Mk 51 Advanced Gun System on the Zumwalt-class destroyers was to fire the Long Range Land Attack Projectile. But at roughly $1 million per round, the projectile was canceled, and the Navy is seeking more affordable alternatives.

Bringing Back the Big Guns

Guns have been a mainstay of warships for almost 700 years. The gun revolutionized naval warfare, and mastery of naval gunnery led to the rise and fall of empires.

Kyle Mizokami
January 2021
The World War II escort carrier USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90/CVHA-1/LPH-6) was converted after the war to an amphibious assault ship (LPH), the first dedicated helicopter carrier in the U.S. Navy.

Amphibious Evolution

The amphibious ships that transport the U.S. Marine Corps to hostile shores have undergone major changes over the past 80 years.

Kyle Mizokami
October 2020
A Lockheed Martin X-47 unmanned combat air vehicle on an aircraft elevator on board the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) in 2013, before the X-47 became the first fixed-wing unmanned aircraft to launch and recover from an aircraft carrier.

The Long Road to Long-Range Strike

That an airborne refueling aircraft might morph into the replacement for the A-6 Intruder is just part of naval aviation’s long journey to a new strike jet.

Kyle Mizokami
September 2020
The UUM-125 Sea Lance nuclear-tipped antisubmarine weapon was designed to be launchable from Mk 41 vertical launching systems and 21-inch torpedo tubes. Here, a full-scale engineering model of the launch capsule has been test-fired from a submerged submarine’s torpedo tube.

Tactical Nuclear Weapons at Sea

Although tactical nuclear weapons were withdrawn from warships in 1991, tensions with Russia and China today could lead to a new generation of sea-based nonstrategic nuclear weapons.

Kyle Mizokami
August 2020