AUKUS Submarines in trouble?
An Australian watchdog group has warned the AUKUS agreement will likely not come to fruition. The agreement of selling three to five Virginia class boats to Australia is dependent upon US shipyards (General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls) delivering an average of 2.3 boats per year. However, the
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One of the Best views of the Bay area is in the lounge above the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Appropriately named ‘The Top of the Mark’ it’s also home to the ‘Squadron Bottle’ a tradition that dates back to World War Two. At that time San Francisco was
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Read more →UK to Change Name for 7th Astute Class Sub
Former Defense Ministers call it “Woke Nonsense” The Seventh Astute-class boat originally designated as ‘Agincourt’ will now be christened as “Achilles”. The original Agincourt name would have made the submarine the sixth Royal Navy ship to honor the great English Victory of October 1415, at Agincourt, France.
Read more →An Unlikely Marriage ?
Extracted from interview with Capt. Matt Lewis, a submariner and program manager for the Navy’s Unmanned Maritime Systems office. The U.S. Navy’s Orca drone, also known as the Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV), has been in development for years, but will soon be in the hands of sailors as
Read more →New Submarine Name Announced
New Submarine Name Announced On Monday, January 13th, the Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, announced the name selected for the newest Columbia Class boat, SSBN 828. Scheduled for delivery in 2032 it will be named to honor the ‘Submarine Capital of the World’ GROTON, Conn.
Read more →Navy expects to have first female submarine commander by 2028
USS New Jersey MilitaryTimes Hope HodgeSeck Fourteen years after the Navy began integrating women into submarine crews, the population of enlisted women and officers in subs continues to grow steadily year-over-year — and the service projects it will name the first female submarine commanding officer by 2028. That’s
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