Modern day nuclear aircraft carriers are highly-advanced vessels with all sorts of technology installed in them, but ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ship detection has emerged as a vital technique for maritime situational awareness, offering the ability to monitor vessels under diverse environmental conditions and ...

Ship wakes, the characteristic wave patterns generated by vessels, provide a crucial indicator of maritime activity and hydrodynamic processes. When captured by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), these ...

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will continue to manufacture AN/SPY-6(V) radar systems for the U.S. Navy under a $619 million contract option. The award will enable the service branch to install the ...

Unusual and widespread GPS interference continues to plague ships operating in the Baltic Sea. Since 2022, such disruptions have become an almost daily concern for maritime traffic in the region.

A ship of the Cold War, the USNS Invincible roamed the North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea during the 1980s and '90s, using its sonar array to track Soviet submarines in the icy depths. After the Soviet ...