A roundup of news and military tech in San Diego

The usChosin slips by way of the San Diego Bay, close to the bridge to Coronado, on Feb. 15, 2024, following a modernization interval. (Colin Demarest/C4ISRNET)

SAN DIEGO — A few of the world’s largest protection contractors in addition to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps management converged on the waterfront conference middle right here for the West convention Feb. 13-15. Reporters with C4ISRNET, Protection Information and Navy Instances had been there as properly, chronicling the occasions and dialog.

From Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro issuing a frank warning to trade to classes discovered from Houthi engagements within the Pink Sea, right here’s what you might have missed:

Undertaking Overmatch networking capabilities have been upgraded and rolled out to a further variety of Navy ships following testing final yr with the Carl Vinson service strike group. All the small print right here.Northrop Grumman mentioned it can take part in two occasions to reveal autonomy and digital warfare payloads the corporate is growing for unmanned floor vessels below its Undertaking Scion initiative. Click on for more information.The Navy’s ongoing battles with Iran-backed Houthi rebels within the Pink Sea and Gulf of Aden have resulted in destroyers capturing down 14 anti-ship ballistic missiles “for the primary time in historical past.” ?Six months into its effort to subject hundreds of attritable, autonomous methods, the Pentagon is planning the second iteration of the Replicator program — and this time, software program would be the focus. What meaning for the longer term.The U.S. Marine Corps will put a brand new kind of missile-delivery drone to the take a look at in an operational state of affairs this month, following a yr of developmental work. After which what?The Navy plans to determine a second unmanned floor drone squadron in Could, in response to the top of U.S. Pacific Fleet. Preserve studying.

The subsequent West convention is scheduled for late January 2025.