George Galdorisi | U.S. Naval Institute

Portrait of George Galdorisi

Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired), is a career naval aviator who began his writing career in 1978 with an article in Proceedings. Coming off four consecutive New York Times best-sellers, his latest books are The Coronado Conspiracy and For Duty and Honor (Braveship Books, 2017 and 2018).

Articles by George Galdorisi

The MQ-25

UAVs Can Fill the Navy’s Scouting Gap

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

January 2023

Since the dawn of organized warfare, commanders have sought to gather intelligence on adversary position, strength, and intentions.

Seahawk medium displacement unmanned surface vessel

Accelerating Sailor-Centered Innovation

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

December 2022

For the U.S. Navy innovation is not a buzzword or a passing fad; it has been in the service’s DNA for more than two centuries.

MANTAS T38 Devil Ray

Take the Sailor Out of the Minefield

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

October 2022

Sea mines are an affordable and effective weapon in naval warfare, a concerning threat posed by states as well as terrorist groups and other nonstate actors.

MQ-8C Fire Scout

Get Moving with Human-Machine Teaming

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

August 2022

A closer human coupling is precisely what manned-unmanned teaming can bring, but only if aspirational vision is matched by concrete actions.

small USV

Making Navy Unmanned a Reality

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

May 2022

To achieve its vision for unmanned vehicles, the Navy needs a concept of operations for their use.

The unmanned surface vessel MANTAS T-12 surface variant.

Harness Off-the-Shelf Mine Countermeasures Solutions

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

July 2020

If the Navy wants to avoid long-cycle acquisition in the mine countermeasures business, put a disruptive, unmanned commercial solution in the hands of warfighters.

Who Will Make Them: A Man or a Machine?

Warfighting Demands Better Decisions

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

June 2020

As the Navy seeks to harness artificial intelligence for warfighting, it must ensure humans maintain control over machines.

Abstract Representation of Networking

The Navy Needs AI, It’s Just Not Certain Why

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

May 2019

The Navy must decide what specific tasks artificial intelligence can perform to help its warfighters.

Concept art of a directed-energy weapon shooting down a UAV

Unleash Directed-Energy Weapons

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

April 2019

It is time to put directed-energy weapons in the hands of warfighters.

Alfred Eisenstaedt’s V-J Day, 1945, Times Square

The Story Behind the Famous Kiss

By Lawrence Verria and Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

July 2012

The enduring World War II photo-mystery solved at last? An excerpt from the new Naval Institute Press book The Kissing Sailor.

U.S. Naval Institute

'Tipping' the Future Fleet

By Captain George Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired), Antonio Siordia, and Scott C. Truver

October 2010

Of all the alternatives outlined in a Center for Naval Analyses study, a “2-Hub” Navy of the future appears to be the most viable.

U.S. NAVY (DAVID DANIELS)

Helicopter Procurement: Playing with Fire

By Captain George V. Galdorisi, USN (Ret.) and Scott C. Truver

September 2007

The rotary-wing community's wish list needs a thorough overhaul.