All Eyes on FY-26 as Pentagon Pushes Forward with Uncrewed Acoustic Network

All eyes on FY-26 as Pentagon pushes forward with uncrewed acoustic network

The future of a promising new undersea surveillance platform -- designed to blanket the ocean with small, unmanned acoustic nodes -- could hinge on the Navy's fiscal year 2026 budget request. ThayerMahan’s Outpost, an unmanned mobile acoustic surveillance system, has drawn support from the Office of the Secretary of Defense after the Navy opted not to fund the effort in its FY-25 request. The project, with support for OSD’s ORCAstrate initiative…

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U.S. Coast Guard Modernizes Underwater Survey Guidelines to Boost Maritime Competitiveness

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a significant update to its underwater survey guidance for U.S.-flagged vessels, marking the first major revision since its introduction in 1989. The revised guidance,...