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The Next Fight Demands Naval Cryptologic Expertise

With a separate officer community now responsible for cyber warfare, the cryptologic warfare community must refocus officer develpment on signals intelligence and electronic warfare.

By Lieutenant Commander Enrique Galvez, U.S. Navy
January 2026 | Proceedings | Vol. 152/1/1,475

Cryptology plays a critical role in modern warfare. Conflicts in the Red Sea and Ukraine have reaffirmed that understanding and controlling what is in the radio frequency (RF) spectrum can be the difference between life and death. Paradoxically, this technology-heavy domain requires human experts more than ever. As technology advances at breakneck speed, the Navy requires distributed, tactical-level expertise to dynamically innovate, execute, and fight.

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1 January 2026 7

NPS Launches New Master’s in Artificial Intelligence Focused on Warfighter Needs

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has launched a brand new Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) degree that will confer the advanced knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to develop, assess, and deploy AI for the U.S. Navy, joint forces and allied militaries. Graduates through the new program will be prepared to lead AI integration within their communities and across the U.S. Department of War (DOW).

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16 December 2025 0

DOD’s move to ‘wartime footing’ demands new contracting models

The Pentagon’s leader for industrial policy says the acquisition regulation overhaul will create openings for artificial intelligence-enabled service models and drive a move away from traditional contracts.

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3 December 2025 2

The cyberattacks are coming. Will anyone be there to stop them?

Trump administration job cuts worsen U.S. vulnerabilities to China and other cyber-adversaries.

Opinion

Lauryn Williams is deputy director and senior fellow in the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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25 November 2025 0

Space-Based Laser Communications Making Strides

The Space Development Agency and its industry partners are closer to creating interoperable laser communications networks on orbit, experts said recently.

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16 November 2025 0

Fighting From the MOC

MOC Intelligence Professionals Enable Decision Advantage for the High-End Fight

NIP Readbook, Fall/Winter 2025… by Lieutenant Bryan Smith, U.S. Navy

The Chief of Naval Operations’ “Fight from the Maritime Operations Center (MOC)” strategic priority represents a fundamental rethinking of how the Navy executes at the operational level of war. The MOC is no longer just a coordination hub—it must operate as the fleet commander’s primary warfighting platform. In a future “high end” fight, our adversaries will benefit from the significant recent investments they have made in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), as well as increasingly accurate long-range fires. Decisions made at the MOCs are integral to the U.S. Navy’s ability to conduct long-range fires while maneuvering to reduce unit vulnerability and proactively driving fleet replenishment to sustain combat operations.

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