Tag Archives: mine warfare

The U.S. Navy plans to implement the use of unmanned systems in mine warfare to keep pace with enemy developments, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Stephen Olson, deputy branch head for mine warfare with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, said the branch is shifting from the traditional fleet approach to one that includes stronger mine countermeasures.

Maj. Gen. David Coffman, expeditionary warfare director at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, has said the U.S. Navy seeks to develop individual mine warfare technologies without specific mission objectives, USNI News reported Friday.

The U.S. Navy has started consolidating plans to adopt and employ an arsenal of modern mine countermeasure systems as its aging systems are set to retire soon, USNI News reported Wednesday.
 

The U.S. Navy is working to build a range of unmanned maritime vessels through an incremental development approach, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Capt. Jon Rucker, Navy program manager for unmanned maritime systems, said at the Surface Navy Association’s national symposium in Arlington, Virginia that the service branch develops modular …

The U.S. Navy will establish a continual improvement process for unmanned underwater vehicles in a move to develop better sensors and expand the portfolio of UUV systems under the undersea warfare division, USNI News reported Thursday. Brian Howes, acting director of the Navy N97 division, said the transition of UUVs …

The U.S. Navy will commission its newest Independence-class littoral combat ship designed to support operations in near-shore and open-ocean environments. The service branch said Thursday it will hold the USS Montgomery commissioning activity Sept. 10 in Mobile, Alabama. “The commissioning of USS Montgomery is not only a celebration of the partnership we share with …

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City division and Germany’s Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research have started preparations for the first milestone of a joint project to advance the detection, classification and mapping of underwater munitions. The U.S. Navy said Friday U.S. and German mine warfare experts will …