The Navy is expected to begin installing the WSN-12 Inertial Navigator System (inset) on ships across the fleet in 2025, including on Virginia-class and other fast-attack submarines.

Now Arriving: Fiber-Optic-Based Navigation

The Navy is nearly set to start at-sea testing of an inertial sensor module (ISM), the key component of Northrop Grumman’s new WSN-12 Inertial Navigator System

Edward J. Walsh
December 2023
Sailors load a missile cannister into a Mk 41 vertical launch cell.

Vertical Launch Systems Evolve

BAE Systems Land & Armaments is pushing ahead on manufacturing canisters that house the wide variety of missiles launched from the Mk 41 vertical launch system.

Edward J. Walsh
October 2023
PCU Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125)

Now Arriving: Flight III DDGs

The Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding made history in June when the company delivered the first Flight III Arleigh Burke–class destroyer—the PCU Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125).

Edward J. Walsh
August 2023
USNS Apalachicola (EPF-13)

Expeditionary Autonomous Transports

Austal USA is activating systems and working on final outfitting of the Navy’s newest expeditionary fast transport, the Cody (EPF-14).

Edward J. Walsh
June 2023
USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119)

Navy Upgrades Shipboard Electronic Warfare

The Integrated Defense Systems Division of CAES produces the antenna array assemblies for the Block 2 variant of the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP).

Edward J. Walsh
April 2023
VisionMaster FT ECDIS—Electronic Chart Display and Information System—on board a commercial ship.

Electronic Charts Ready for Navigation

Northrop Grumman’s Naval and Oceanic Systems group is implementing software changes and upgrades to the Navy’s Electronic Chart Display and Information System.

Edward J. Walsh
February 2023
SPY-6(v) radar

Digital Engineering Improves SPY-6 Radar

Raytheon’s Missiles and Defense business unit is collaborating with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for systems integration for the SPY-6(v) radar.

Edward J. Walsh
December 2022
Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout

Fire Scout Auditions for New Roles

The MQ-8B entered Navy service in 2006. It operates today on board littoral combat ships in conjunction with manned MH-60S helicopters.

Edward J. Walsh
October 2022
Textron

The New LCAC Picks Up Steam

The Navy and Marine Corps have long considered the LCAC a critical cog in the Sea Services’ amphibious warfare machine.

Edward J. Walsh
August 2022
Ship

The San Antonio LPDs Near Flight II

Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered the Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), the 12th San Antonio- class amphibious transport dock, in March.

Edward J. Walsh
June 2022