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Naval Warfare
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.
Naval Warfare
UK-Australia meeting creates new AUKUS submarine integration office
The latest AUKMIN meeting created an important administrative office for submarine delivery.
Naval Warfare
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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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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Naval Warfare
T-500A modified with flotation landing gear
11th September 2018
Rostec has modified its T-500A aircraft to add flotation landing gear to support patrol and SAR operations in coastal areas, the company announced on 6 …
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Naval Warfare
Thales eyes Brazilian requirements
10th September 2018
Thales is positioning its Kingklip Mk2 sonar to meet the requirements of the Brazilian Navy. The company’s Brazilian subsidiary Omnisys recently obtained certification for the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
US Army engineers explore USV potential
10th September 2018
After the capsizing of the Portland district US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) survey vessel in April 2018, the USACE is turning towards USV in …
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Digital Battlespace
What is Five Eyes connectivity? (video)
10th September 2018
Five Eyes (FVEY) refers to an alliance that includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and US. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA …
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Digital Battlespace
US Space Operations look to Five Eyes and beyond
10th September 2018
Space operations are one of the recent arenas to embrace the significance of Five Eyes integration as a key element of broader international cooperative efforts. …
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Digital Battlespace
US Army to trial 'radio-over-satellite' communications
10th September 2018
Spectra Group’s Slingshot appliqué kit has been selected to support the US Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments (AEWEs) in 2019, company officials have disclosed to Shephard. …
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Digital Battlespace
Five Eyes nations to benefit from comms enhancements
10th September 2018
Armed forces from across the Five Eyes community are set to benefit from a series of tactical communications enhancements allowing them to operate in command …
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Digital Battlespace
US trials advanced tech for denied urban and subterranean warfare
10th September 2018
An undisclosed US DoD agency conducted a training exercise during the first week of September designed to consider next-generation technologies capable of supporting small unit …
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Digital Battlespace
UK looks to automate indirect fire comms
10th September 2018
There is a growing demand for multinational interoperability in indirect fire support, fuelling a requirement for increased automation in communications, according to CGI, a UK-based …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop completes CDR of WSN-12
7th September 2018
Northrop Grumman has successfully completed the Critical Design Review phase of the US Navy’s WSN-12 Inertial Sensor Module programme, the company announced on 5 September. …
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Naval Warfare
Safran sensor for RAN’s OPVs
7th September 2018
Safran Electronics & Defense’s Vigy Engage electro-optic sensor has been selected by Saab Australia as part of the situational awareness system for the Royal Australian …
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Military Logistics
Boeing expands data analytics in Australia
7th September 2018
Boeing is set to begin integrating its new AnalytX data analytics tool into all Boeing Defence Australia support contracts, the company announced on 4 September. …
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Digital Battlespace
Kratos to support NSWCDD radar systems division
6th September 2018
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Advanced Naval Weapon Systems has received a $67.5 million contract to provide engineering and technical support services to the US …
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Naval Warfare
USCG transfers decommissioned cutter to Sri Lanka
6th September 2018
The US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred the decommissioned high endurance cutter, the former USCG Sherman, to the Sri Lankan Navy at a ceremony in Honolulu …
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Defence Notes
China furious at Britain for South China Sea sail-by
6th September 2018
China lashed out at Britain on 6 September for sending a warship close to disputed islands in the South China Sea, where Beijing has built …
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Naval Warfare
MSPO 2018: BAE moves closer to APKWS land and sea integration
5th September 2018
BAE Systems is pressing forward with plans for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System to equip ground and naval operators, after finding success in the rotary and combat …
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Military Logistics
Site chosen for joint German-Norway sub maintenance hub
5th September 2018
The new common maintenance model for the joint German-Norwegian Type 212CD submarine programme will be set up at Haakonsvern in Norway, an announcement by the …
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Naval Warfare
Government watchdog agency punches holes in new USCG icebreaker programme
5th September 2018
US Coast Guard and US Navy leaders should re-evaluate the cost and development schedule for new Heavy Polar Icebreakers (HPIB), according to the government's watchdog …
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Naval Warfare
USCG Waesche structurally enhanced
5th September 2018
Structural enhancement work on the US Coast Guard’s second National Security Cutter (NSC), USCG Waesche, has been completed at Vigor Marine’s Seattle shipyard. The vessel …
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