Offensive, responsive, and flexible DD-21

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The US Navy is eyeing its next-generation warships such as the DD-21 to be more offensive, responsive and flexible in future engagements. The DD-21, also called the 21st-century Land-Attack Destroyer, is expected to provide substantial delivery capabilities by making it 'tactically smarter.' Expeditionary task force commander can rely on DD-21 to be a critical node in a bigger network mainly comprised of intelligence-reconnaissance assets and weapons delivery platform under the Network Centric warfare concept in the 21st century.

International politics, Military Ships

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Navy's latest stealth test submarine: the large-scale vehicle Cutthroat

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Navy's latest stealth test submarine offers more capability with the support of COTS systems as well as the latest in government and corporate research. The new 200-ton unmanned autonomous submarine test vehicle, which is 111 ft in length, is a scaled replica of the new Virginia-class attack submarine. Newport News Shipbuilding is leading a team that includes Electric Boat Corp, the only other US nuclear submarine builder, in designing and building the Cutthroat.

Product information, Military Submarines

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