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Boldly Going Down

Deep-Sea Submersible Alvin, Discoverer of the Titanic, To Be Replaced By Bigger, Badder Sub

The NY Times has a piece today about the monumental task of forging a pressure hull out of raw titanium to be used in the replacement for the legendary Alvin, the Navy's only currently operational deep-sea scientific sub that first explored the wreckage of the Titanic. Where Alvin could dive 2.4 miles down, its successor can go up to four miles under (hence the serious forging above), which will open up 99% of the ocean floor for exploration. That's a pretty big deal. More »

10:30 AM on Tue Aug 26 2008
By John Mahoney
13,185 views, 55 comments

Latest by N/A: @CowPower: Correct. Unless you are breating a liquid under the same pressure, thereby obtainging equilibrium between you and the outside more »

military

Navy Scraps Plans to Build $2.6 Billion Zumwalt Class Stealth Destroyers

One place where "if you build it, they will come" doesn't always apply is in military hardware. After constructing two Zumwalt class DD(X) stealth destroyers at $2.6 billion apiece, the Navy has scrapped its plan to build up the rest of its intended 313-ship fleet—turns out, the demand for a ship whose primary mission is to obliterate large land targets with guided artillery and Tomahawk missiles doesn't suit the smaller-scale anti-terror missions most of the armed forces are currently faced with. Now the Pentagon just has to decide what to do with the almost $1 trillion it just freed up in its budget. I'm sure they'll have no problem with that. [AP]

1:15 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By John Mahoney
13,196 views, 77 comments

Latest by AtomicPlayboy: @Roivas: "And if your plan is to be able to fend off an aggressive enemy and to be able to advance more »

spying

Voyeur Security Drone is For Spying At Sea, Not at Your Neighbors

This helicopter mini-drone has been developed by the Navy to help it counter water-borne threats, despite its provocatively lurid name. Made by Lite Machines, the battery-powered Voyeur weighs just four pounds, stands 27-inches high and is actually designed to be suicidal. It's meant to hop out of sonobuoy tubes, patrol for threats for a while and then sink itself. Much more economical than helicopters or jets wasting fuel by attempting to ID surface targets (has the Navy's gas bill gone up at the moment too?) Plus it looks waaay more creepily sci-fi. [Danger Room]

6:09 AM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,254 views, 33 comments

Latest by macrumpton: Next week, the flying Fleshlight. Watch our famous flying team as they attempt a death defying airborne docking procedure, again more »

watch

Bulova Watch Lost at Sea During WW2 Reunited with Owner After 67 Years, Still Ticking

A Royal Navy veteran has been reunited with his watch, 67 years after he lost it during World War II—and, it worked perfectly. In 1941, Teddy Bacon, a lieutenant aboard HMS Repulse, was throwing a line from ship to shore when the gold Bulova watch, bought in the Azores for $55, slipped off his wrist and into Gibraltar Harbor. The timepiece was never found, until the harbor was dredged, seven decades later. More »

6:45 AM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By AddyDugdale
18,749 views, 35 comments

Latest by philselmer: @zenpoet: I'd guess that someone looked at the watched, realized how old it was, and looked at the old records more »

military

U.S.S. Independence: A Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster That is Surprisingly Affordable

Last month, the US Navy and General Dynamics took the lid off the new U.S.S. Independence littoral combat ship (LCS). This beast will sail close to the shore and throw everything imaginable at an enemy—from armored vehicles and helicopters to shells, torpedoes and missiles. Plus, it can hustle at a rumored 60 knots. Basically, that means the enemy will have a difficult time escaping the wrath of this mighty vessel no matter where they are.

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7:10 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Sean Fallon
33,196 views, 101 comments

Latest by Pwnieboy was BOCultist was Epaminondas: @Technogen: It's hull and I didn't say anything about shapped charges. No reason to think the armor on this thing more »

le tired

Predator Pilots Are Most Fatigued Military Flight Crews

According to a just-released Navy research paper, pilots of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned air vehicles are the most fatigued crews in the military, which seriously affects job performance, operational safety and family relationships. The most worrying thing is the reasons why and the lack of a clear solution: More »

10:31 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Jesus Diaz
15,641 views, 70 comments

Latest by BigDanInTX: I think the big thing would be the lack of head movement. They put everything in front of them more »

magic

British Navy Working on Developing Invisible Ships Using Metamaterials

Scientists at the Britannia Royal Navy College are working hard to make the idea of an invisible ship a reality using metamaterials that refract light in such a way that it "bends" around an object, making it appear as if it were invisible. This would only account for viewing with the naked eye however—naturally radar cloaking would be an important part of the equation. However, it appears that this technology may be able to accomplish a lot more. More »

8:00 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Sean Fallon
10,898 views, 50 comments

Latest by roflwaffles: @Out2gtcha: they find it via the rockets. more »

rail guns

Navy Rail Gun Test DESTROYS Everything It Touches at 5,640 mph

The US Navy has just completed a 10-megajoule test fire of their huge rail gun. For the first time ever, they fired a projectile with a velocity of 8,270 feet per second. That's an amazing 5,640 mph, and the gun is only firing at a third of its potential power. The other video shows you what the projectile looks like when loaded. More »

4:30 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Kit Eaton
101,202 views, 200 comments

Latest by Wwhat: I think BAE just spun off a company, joined it with good ol redwhitenblue GE, put a former lockheed guy more »

floating electric death

Navy Developing All-Electric Warship

The U.S. Navy is in the process of developing a next-generation all-electric warship that could potentially "revolutionize the Navy's use of weaponry and manpower." The system architecture, designed by Cemal Basaran, director of the Electronic Packaging Laboratory at the University at Buffalo, will distribute electrical power generated by power plants and the mechanical propulsion system to all parts of the ship. More »

8:30 AM on Tue Dec 25 2007
By Sean Fallon
4,359 views, 17 comments

Latest by Akmed: @shawn_dude: i was kinda joking. but thanks for the heads-up. at least somebody knows this technology. more »

boys and their toys

BAE Delivers World's First 32-Megajoule Rail Gun (To the Good Guys)

Like every other red-blooded American boy, I enjoy the notion of propelling a piece of lead at up to Mach 8 and at "extreme" ranges. That's why I was glad to hear that BAE Systems has delivered a rail gun capable of such feats, and that the US Navy signed for the package.
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4:37 PM on Wed Nov 14 2007
By Wilson Rothman
25,263 views, 81 comments

Latest by NeoPoliticus: "demands 3 million amps of power per shot-enough to drain your Metal Gear's battery in a heartbeat" Like that flashlight in more »

In the past two years, the Australian Navy has paid for 13 women to get breast implants for reasons of morale. But whose morale? [Danger Room]

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drone boat

50-Knot Sentry Drone Is the Ultimate in RC Boats

Just eleven and a half feet in length, the Sentry is an unmanned surveillance craft from British defense firm Qinetiq that can hit speeds of 50 knots. The boat, which can work up to 16 miles from its controller, and go for up to six hours, is on show at an arms fair in London this week, and has all sorts of tricks up its sleeves. More »

7:30 AM on Thu Sep 13 2007
By AddyDugdale
7,460 views, 10 comments

Latest by N/A: @Kaiser-Machead: dude!! little yellow rubber duckies made out of C4 would be BAD ASS DUDE!! can't for the life more »

boatcar

The US Navy Wants in on BoatCars

If you thought only Richard Branson and other well-off BoatCar enthusiasts were the only ones interested in being active on both land and sea, well, you'd be wrong. The Navy's eyeballing this as well. The Naval Surface Warfare Center is looking at high-speed amphibian (HSA) craft, like this BoatCar, to quickly go from land to sea to land and possibly some air too (if they get some kinda ramp going). More »

3:45 PM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By Jason Chen
8,283 views, 13 comments

Latest by silvadragon1712: I call Warthog! more »

royal navy

Royal Marines' Latest Boat is Swift, Stealthy, Sexy and Skinny

This is the secret weapon that the British Navy is hoping will help it in its wars on drugs and terror. As yet unnamed, the slinky little craft has been spotted buzzing around the waters of Poole, where the service's Special Boat Service—the equivalent to the Navy Seals—is based. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By AddyDugdale
7,321 views, 6 comments

Latest by electrikecho: This looks strangely familiar to a fast patrol boat that was featured on beyond 2000 back around 1997. Its main more »

alien invasion

Driving a Nuclear Submarine Through Britain's Roads

Remember that Astute-class nuclear submarine that looked like a whale? Well, scrap that, because it really looks like a Calamari Cruiser or a Zentraedi mothership. At least, that's what people must be thinking while they watch it travelling through the roads of Britain mounted on a gigantastic moving platform. Personally, I can't wait for the "My Other Car Is a Nuclear Sub" bumper sticker. – Jesus Diaz More »

12:15 PM on Fri Jun 8 2007
By Addy Dugdale
54,304 views, 36 comments

Latest by Jesse Mrozowski: @ANoel Best comment of the say. I say that as I sit here listening to Rammstein's "Feuer Frei!" more »

astute

Astute Submarine Looks like a Whale, Never Needs Refuelling

This is the British Royal Navy's newest class of submarine, the Astute. And this is what the nuclear-powered behemoth can do: generate its own air and water; sit in the English Channel and fire cruise missiles at North Africa; but perhaps the most extraordinary feature of the British-built sub is that it will never need to be refuelled throughout its 25-year lifespan, meaning it can sail round the world 40 times without surfacing—if your seamen don't need feeding, that is. More »

9:28 AM on Tue May 8 2007
By Addy Dugdale
23,765 views, 39 comments

Latest by N/A: while thats all fine and great, the United States Navy have had these kind of subs since the 1950s, i more »

gadgets

Navy Developing ... a Vomit Gun

Yes, Invocon Inc., funded by a Navy contract is developing a weapon that can shoot invisible beams through walls and cause people to get dizzy and fall over. The beam can also cause motion-sickness that can induce vomiting. The gun shoots RF energy that excites and interrupts a human's hearing and equilibrium. This gun isn't really being developed as a way to harm individuals, but just to incapacitate people and embarrasses them if they vomit easily from motion sickness. Call me a little twisted, but this could be mighty fun in a public place. –Travis Hudson More »

4:01 PM on Tue Mar 6 2007
By Travis Hudson
5,592 views, 26 comments

Latest by king_of_fools: This sounds like it is just part of another series of techniques the military was working on using different frequencies more »

gadgets

Serious Weapons: Navy Uses Poison Darts to Neutralize Surf Mines

The Navy has figured out a strange way to neutralize deadly mines near the beach: using a satellite-guided bomb that releases thousands of poison darts. Each .50 caliber Venom dart is packing some seriously poisonous stuff called DETA, causing some of the mines to explode and then neutralizing the rest of them with caustic chemicals. Better get out of the way of these babies. More »

11:16 AM on Wed Jan 24 2007
By Charlie White
716 views, 26 comments

Latest by N/A: hey I'm Skimmo from Australia, "g'day". Ok, here my question? whats the deal with using poison, wouldn't it be better more »

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