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A French Navy Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft spotted three Russian uncrewed surface vessels heading for a civilian container ship in the Black Sea on Oct. 28 and raised the alarm, helping Bulgarian naval forces rescue all 18 crew members after the drones struck, the French military said in a post. The Liberian-flagged container ship […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy plans to ask industry for artificial intelligence tools to help lay out the interior of its next-generation attack submarine, SSN(X), and on Oct. 30 told companies to register their interest by Nov. 6. The submarine program office said a formal call for proposals could open as early as next week. The notice […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy has ordered a $56 million retrofit for a single MQ-4C Triton, paying Northrop Grumman to install the B7 retrofit material kit on one of its high-altitude maritime surveillance drones. Naval Air Systems Command awarded the firm-fixed-price modification on Oct. 28, and the work is scheduled to run until May 2030. The full […]View the full article

There are some heroes from the American Revolutionary War that seem to get lost in the shuffle. They really deserve a mini-series or at least a warship named after them, but they don’t. When you read outlines of their lives, they almost seem like characters in fiction…but they’re not.. I am going to steal liberally from the American Battlefield Trust, but I don’t think they’ll mind. Every American schoolchild should know the arc of a giant of a man…General Daniel Morgan. Daniel Morgan…As a young man, he settled in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley outside Winchester. Morgan worked as a teamster, hauling freight to the eastern part of the colony. His teamster career drew him i…