Navy Matters

The United States and China are both in the process of building a new class of frigate.   The US is building the Constellation class frigate...

Do we really need carrier based, aerial tankers?   Your immediate reaction is, of course we do!   However, let’s hold off before we make tha...

We’ve previously noted that intellectual property (IP) rights have become an obstacle to maintenance and development, as well as contracts a...

ComNavOps has been keeping an interested eye on the Gaza aid pier (or causeway) as a moderately realistic simulation of a combat unloading o...

The Navy’s new, not yet active, MQ-25 unmanned tanker is a fascinating control scheme case study.   You may recall that it began life as a c...

Gotta get closer to shore , the Captain thought.   They were already dangerously, recklessly close with only a few feet of water under the k...

The Republic of Stupidia (formerly the Kingdom of Idiotonia) has been considering which of two competing weapons it should acquire.   Here’s...