Navy’s Carderock Basin Uses 216 Paddles to Test Ship Designs Indoors
Along two walls of the Navy’s football-field-size indoor ocean, 216 individually controlled paddles turn programmed motion into repeatable waves. This…
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Chinese Naval Gun Study Estimates One Shell Damages 1.19 Drones
One fragmentation shell damaged an estimated 1.19 drones in a modeled 30-drone swarm. That number captures both the appeal and…
USS Doris Miller Steam Plan Could Cost Millions, Risk 2034 Delivery
USS Doris Miller is already being built around electromagnetic aircraft-launch equipment, but the Pentagon must now develop a plan to…
USS Doris Miller Steam Catapult Plan Risks Costly Redesign and Further Delays
USS Doris Miller is already in production around an electromagnetic aircraft-launch architecture, yet the Pentagon now has 60 days to…
USS Doris Miller Steam-Catapult Plan Puts Half-Built $1.2 Billion Contract at Risk
A reliability-driven policy change could force the Navy to discard substantial completed work on the future USS Doris Miller. General…