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South American shipyards end 2024 positively as regional navies bet on local manufacturers
The year ends with several South American navies undergoing ambitious programmes to modernise their fleets. A common denominator is that regional services want domestically manufactured surface vessels and even submarines.
Naval Warfare
Naval Warfare Preview 2025: Billion-dollar programmes will advance but unpredictable forces muddy the waters
Large programmes around the world are likely to be immune to flux, but the impact of geopolitics could be unprecedented in 2025.
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UK-Australia meeting creates new AUKUS submarine integration office
The latest AUKMIN meeting created an important administrative office for submarine delivery.
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Naval Warfare Review 2024: Business as usual overshadowed by geopolitics and budgets, but innovation promised solutions
There was solid programme advancement around the world in 2024, but a combination of more threats, fleet unreadiness and a financial squeeze darkened naval horizons as the year advanced.
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Training
Singapore commissions LMV Simulator Centre
26th September 2018
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) inaugurated a new Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) simulation centre on 26 September at the same time as commissioning its …
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Defence Notes
ADAS 2018 Daily News - Day One
26th September 2018
The official ADAS 2018 Daily News – Day One is now available to read online. View the digital edition here and PDF version here.
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Naval Warfare
UK requests Phalanx upgrade kits
25th September 2018
The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of MK 15 Phalanx upgrade kits to the UK, the Defense …
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Special Operations
Netherlands to continue ISIS Operations
25th September 2018
Dutch special forces will continue to support the development of Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) and Kurdish Special Mission Units (SMUs) through to the end …
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Naval Warfare
JFD and US Navy introduce Shadow NAV
25th September 2018
JFD has partnered with the US Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Centre – Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) to develop an advanced hands-free combat diver navigation …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy NSWC selects Sonardyne’s Ranger 2
24th September 2018
Sonardyne’s underwater target tracking technology has been selected by the US Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division for use at its South Florida Ocean …
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Special Operations
Sharpening the claws of coalition SOF operations
24th September 2018
Special operations forces from a coalition of 10 nations initiated Exercise Night Hawk on 17th September, designed to develop skill sets associated with special missions …
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Special Operations
Rangers highlight free fall requirement
24th September 2018
The US Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment has outlined the requirement for a Military Free-Fall (MFF) program manager at Fort Benning, Georgia. The requirement was highlighted in …
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Defence Helicopter
Busy times ahead for Indian Navy test squadron
24th September 2018
The Naval Flight Test Squadron (NFTS) of the Indian Navy (IN) celebrated its first anniversary with a seminar on 20 September, and the Goa-based squadron …
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Special Operations
Netherlands to get new SOCOM training facility
21st September 2018
Special operations forces from the Netherlands are set to benefit from a new training facility to support counter-terrorism (CT) and urban warfare mission sets, according …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy orders more Independence-class ships
21st September 2018
Austal has received construction contracts from the US Navy to build two additional Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), the company announced on 18 September. These …
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Digital Battlespace
General Dynamics releases updated MUOS waveform for DMR
21st September 2018
General Dynamics Mission Systems has successfully completed testing and released the updated Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) WFv3.1.5 waveform for the US Navy's software defined …
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Naval Warfare
CASG acknowledges Hunter-class build challenges
21st September 2018
As the Royal Australian Navy looks ahead to acquiring Hunter-class frigates, RADM Anthony Dalton, General Manager of Ships at Australia’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group …
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Military Logistics
US Navy teaches partners small boat repair skills
20th September 2018
US Navy personnel are teaching partner nations the critical logistics skills necessary to repair and maintain small boat fleets to support special operations and other …
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Naval Warfare
Terma, T&G Nordic sign agreement
20th September 2018
Terma has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Finnish company T&G; Nordic regarding Terma’s C-Guard decoy launching system. Under the agreement, T&G; Nordic will …
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Defence Notes
US coalition to block North Korean oil
20th September 2018
A US government effort to build a multinational coalition to monitor North Korean violations of fuel smuggling appears to be gaining steam. The Trump administration, …
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Naval Warfare
JS Atago completes Aegis combat system test
19th September 2018
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has successfully used an upgraded Aegis combat system to test its ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities. The Japanese Flight Test …
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Naval Warfare
AAD 2018: Twiga’s sight set across the water
19th September 2018
South African company Twiga Services is looking to expand its 850 Military Patrol Boat’s (850 MPB) utilisation into South American waters, building on its operational …
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Military Logistics
Australia approves fuel transformation programme
19th September 2018
The Australian government has approved a new programme that aims to deliver safe, simple and a more assured defence fuel network in partnership with industry, …
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