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  August 24, 2020 | International, Naval

  Watchdog: 75 percent of sub and aircraft carrier maintenance ended late in recent years

  Geoff Ziezulewicz While the U.S. Navy has spent nearly $3 billion to improve shipyard maintenance performance in recent years, “the shipyards continue to face persistent and substantial maintenance delays that hinder the readiness of aircraft carriers and submarines,” according to a government watchdog report released this week. Three-quarters of the 51 aircraft carrier and submarine maintenance periods from fiscal 2015 to 2019 were completed late, resulting in 7,425 days of delays, according to the report by the Government Accountability Office. The Navy's four shipyards — in Portsmouth, Virginia; Kittery, Maine; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Bremerton, Washington — provide vital maintenance that includes ship overhauls, nuclear refueling, alterations and refits, among other duties. The aircraft carrier maintenance periods that ended late exceeded their deadlines by an average of 113 days, the GAO reports, while submarine maintenance periods ending late missed the mark by an average of 225 days. Such availabilities last anywhere from six months to three years, and when they don't end on time, it gums up the entire system, delaying other maintenance periods, deployments and other needs. The main factors leading to the tardiness had to do with shipyard workforce performance and having enough people to perform the vital work, the GAO found. Unplanned work, or tasks identified after finalizing maintenance plans, was also cited as a significant factor resulting in the delays. While the Navy has taken steps to address such delays, the sea service has yet to fully address the unplanned work and workforce factors causing the majority of delays, according to the GAO. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/08/21/watchdog-75-percent-of-sub-and-aircraft-carrier-maintenance-ended-late-in-recent-years/

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  June 17, 2022 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security

  Au salon Eurosatory, l’Eurosatory Lab, un pôle pour encourager les ponts entre innovations civiles et militaires

  Au salon Eurosatory, qui s'est tenu au Parc des expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte du 13 jusqu'à ce vendredi 17 juin, les startups étaient fortement représentées. Hébergées au sein de l'Eurosatory Lab, le pôle du salon dédié à l'innovation, 67 startups françaises et internationales ont été accueillies, dont un grand nombre proposant des produits ou des technologies ayant un usage dual, à la fois civil et militaire : la cybersécurité, l'intelligence artificielle, la simulation, la robotique, la réalité virtuelle... L'Usine Nouvelle cite notamment Conscious Labs, une startup française spécialisée dans les neurotechnologies, qui propose des casques qui analysent l'activité cérébrale. Présente surtout dans le secteur médical, elle se propose d'utiliser sa technologie pour l'analyse de l'activité cérébrale des pilotes d'avions ou d'hélicoptères dans des situations de stress intense. Emmanuel Chiva, directeur de l'Agence de l'innovation de défense au sein du ministère français des Armées, entend favoriser les liens entre secteur civil et militaire : l'objectif est de « construire des ponts entre les innovations militaires et civiles », a-t-il affirmé à l'occasion de son discours d'ouverture de l'Eurosatory Lab. En 2022, les armées françaises devraient consacrer pour leurs crédits dédiés à l'innovation un montant de l'ordre d'1 Md€, indique L'Usine Nouvelle. L'Usine Nouvelle du 17 juin

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  February 3, 2023 | International, Aerospace, Naval

  GA-ASI Selected by DARPA to Support Liberty Lifter Program

  The program’s focus is on designing, building, and testing a seaplane that can operate efficiently at less than 100 feet above the ground, hold flight altitudes of up to 10,000...