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Cruiser Modernization: Much more than a mid-life make-over Maritime Executive Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Edward H. Lundquist explains – how and why – From the mess decks to the masthead, from the stem to the stern flap, USS Bunker Hill is receiving a capability-enhancing and life-extending “modernization” availability at BAE Systems Shipyard in San Diego.[…]

The Port of Los Angeles: Busy, Secure and Green Maritime Reporter October 2009 By Edward Lundquist   http://maritimereporter.marinelink.com/page.aspx/200910/29/

Navy to Modernize Aging Aegis Cruisers  By Edward Lundquist National Defense Magazine August 2003  The U.S. Navy will upgrade 22 of its 27 Aegis cruisers (CG-52 through CG-73), in an effort to keep these ships combat-relevant until a new generation of surface warships can be designed and built. The cruiser conversion program will extend the[…]

Navy and Industry Pursuing New Power and Propulsion Methods By Edward Lundquist Alion Science and Technology Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Testing IAC, Rome, NY The AMMTIAC Quarterly, Volume 4, Number 1 Powering the Future Force New Power & Energy Technologies for the Warfighter The Navy is testing new concepts in power generation, conversion, and distribution[…]

Essay: Leader, transform thyself! Good leadership requires both vision and communication skills By Edward Lundquist Armed Forces Journal May 2007 Leaders tell us that we have to change. Every senior leader in Washington is proclaiming that we are in a time of unprecedented change. Everything we do must be transformational. But transformation means different things[…]

FROM BAINBRIDGE TO ARLEIGH BURKEBy EDWARD H. LUNDQUISTU.S. Navy celebrates the centennial of its destroyer force Sea Power magazine Navy League of the United States September 2002 From Bainbridge to Arleigh Burke–A Century of Destroyers By EDWARD H. LUNDQUIST Capt. Edward H. Lundquist, USN (Ret.), is a communications director for Anteon Corporation's Center for Security,[…]

Navy – SEMINAR REPORT   #287, 30 April 2009 Maritime Strategy: Indian and American Perspectives Kimberley Layton and Marian GallenkampResearch Interns, IPCS Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 30 April 2009 Chair: Maj Gen (retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCSSpeakers: Capt. (retd.) Edward Lundquist, US Navy Cmde. (retd.), Ranjit Rai, Vice President, Indian Maritime Foundation[…]

Navy Strategy of Engagement Builds Trust Maritime Reporter – Wednesday, September 26, 2007   By Edward Lundquist Senior Science Advisor Alion Science and Technology The United States must engage with maritime partners around the world to create and build trust, according to senior Navy leaders speaking at the 2007 Surface Navy Association West Coast Symposium,[…]

Test Site Validates Navy’s New Power System Marine Technology Reporter Thursday, August 09, 2007   By Edward Lundquist, Senior Science Advisor, Alion Science and Technology   The surface combatant Integrated Power System (IPS) propulsion Engineering Development Model (EDM) for the U.S. Navy’s new Zumwalt-class DDG 1000 destroyer is being tested at the Land-Based Test Site[…]