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Naval Warfare
Entire Black Sea “a contested maritime area”, says Commander of Estonian Navy
The use of uncrewed vessels and vehicles has been crucial so far, but the Commander of the Estonian Navy warns against inflating their importance.
Land Warfare
First NATO exercise of 2025 set to begin with others to quickly follow
Exercise Steadfast Dart 25 (STDT25) kicks off a slate of six land and sea exercises NATO is conducting in the first half of this year.
Naval Warfare
Turkey begins steel-cutting on MUGEM and MiLDEN vessels
The MUGEM, TF-2000 and MiLDEN programmes all aim to boost Turkey’s domestic shipbuilding prowess and its fleet.
Naval Warfare
US to resume production of SM–3 IB interceptors
Although the US Navy and MDA planned to discontinue the acquisition of this missile, Congress provided $250 million for its manufacturing.
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Naval Warfare
Autonomous Mine Hunting: Supplying the British Solution (Studio)
Navies around the world are increasingly looking at autonomous systems for the mine countermeasures (MCM) mission.
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Military Logistics
Keel authenticated for US Navy’s 12th EPF
1st February 2019
Construction of the US Navy's 12th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel has begun at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, on 29 January. EPFs …
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Naval Warfare
India approves Project 75(I) submarines
1st February 2019
India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) announced on 31 January that it had approved a programme to build six diesel-electric submarines under Project 75(I), with more …
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Special Operations
JFD launches Shadow/B defence rebreather
31st January 2019
JFD has launched a flexible, back-mounted defence rebreather capability called Shadow/B for military combat divers, the company announced on 29 January. Shadow/B, combined with a …
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Naval Warfare
Russian Navy gets its second Project 12700 MCMV
31st January 2019
The Russian Navy commissioned on 26 January its second Alexandrit-class MCM vessel under Project 12700. Named Ivan Antonov, it is set to serve with the …
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Naval Warfare
Japan requests Aegis weapon systems
31st January 2019
The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of Aegis weapon systems, Multi-Mission Signal Processors (MMSP) and C2 Processor …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
ADECS 2019: Australian air force anticipates Triton’s prospects
31st January 2019
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is looking forward to a wide range of new capabilities and synergies when it begins operating its first MQ-4C …
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Digital Battlespace
Bittium receives Finland order
31st January 2019
Bittium has received a €3.4 million purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces for the maintenance and further development of the Tactical Wireless IP Network …
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Digital Battlespace
iGov receives CDN Small Form-Factor contract
31st January 2019
iGov Technologies has received a contract from the US Marine Corps for the Combat Data Network (CDN) Data Distribution System-Modular (DDS-M) Small Form-Factor, the company …
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Naval Warfare
LCS Mission Module programme progresses
30th January 2019
The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules programme successfully completed the integration testing of two unmanned systems aboard USS Independence on 14 January. …
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Digital Battlespace
NATO develops joint ISR and GEOINT capabilities
30th January 2019
NATO is taking a renewed interest in GEOINT with the next few years seeing a number of key technological and tactical developments for the field …
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Military Logistics
Austal USA receives LCS 20 support contract
30th January 2019
Austal USA has received a $16.3 million contract to perform extended industrial post-delivery availability work on the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 20, the …
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Naval Warfare
ADECS 2019: Led by China, Asian submarines grow more capable
30th January 2019
The capability of Asia’s submarine fleet is currently increasing, even if the total number of hulls ‘will taper off within a few years’. This was …
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Naval Warfare
Greece’s P-3B aircraft to receive upgrades
30th January 2019
Chassis Plans (CP) Technologies has received a contract to modernise and update the mission control computers in the P-3B Orion aircraft used by Greece's Hellenic …
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Naval Warfare
ST Engineering launches RSN’s eighth LMV
30th January 2019
Singapore Technologies has launched the Republic of Singapore Navy’s (RSN's) eighth and final Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV), Fearless, the company announced on 26 January. The …
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Digital Battlespace
ADECS 2019: EW advantage at risk of being lost
30th January 2019
Senior figures within the EW community have warned how armed forces risk ‘losing the advantage’ across the battlespace due to the development and proliferation of …
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Naval Warfare
ADECS 2019: A ‘dragon’ is tilting the Indo-Pacific’s naval balance of power
30th January 2019
At this year’s ADECS 2019 conference in Singapore, there were few delegates willing to address the South China Sea and China’s growing assertive in the …
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Naval Warfare
Indian Navy test fires LRSAM
29th January 2019
The Indian Navy has successfully test fired the Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) from INS Chennai against an incoming aerial target flying at low altitude, …
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Naval Warfare
ADECS 2019: Day one highlights (video)
29th January 2019
As ADECS closes its doors on day one, Simon Williams, chairman at Clarion, Defence and Security, tells Shephard that the standard and quality of debate …
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Naval Warfare
ADECS 2019: Thales push for 'top' navigation billing (video)
29th January 2019
The Thales manufactured Top Axyz Interial Measurement Unit is capable of providing advanced accuracy in GPS-denied and radar jammed environments. Mickael Brouillet, navigation business development …
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