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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.
Naval Warfare
USS Zumwalt undocked after supersonic weapons upgrade
The vessel will be the first in the US fleet to carry the Conventional Prompt Strike capability.
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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
DIMDEX 2018: Leonardo launches new naval gun
12th March 2018
A wide range of naval gun systems are being displayed at DIMDEX in Qatar as Leonardo showcases its new Marlin 40 naval gun mount for …
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Military Logistics
Pakistan Navy’s tug vessel launched
12th March 2018
A Pakistan Navy 32-tonne Bollard Pull tug has been launched in a ceremony at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works. The tug has an overall length …
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Digital Battlespace
RAN subs to receive updated ISCMMS
12th March 2018
Saab Australia has received a contract from ASC to supply an updated Integrated Ship Control Management and Monitoring System (ISCMMS) for four Royal Australian Navy …
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Special Operations
Venezuela to enhance SOF capabilities
12th March 2018
Venezuela’s special operations forces are set to receive a USD $20 million uplift in materiel and equipment, according to President Nicolas Maduro. Announcing the news …
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Naval Warfare
GE looks to cut weight with new turbine composite module
9th March 2018
General Electric is wrapping up tests on a new, lighter weight composite module that is expected to enclose the USS Arleigh Burke DDG 51 destroyer's gas turbine …
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Naval Warfare
Costs creeping up for future Canadian frigate
9th March 2018
The Canadian programme to select a future warship will require an additional CA$54.4 million ($42 million) as part of the process of evaluating the various …
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Naval Warfare
HMNZS Te Kaha arrives for upgrade work
9th March 2018
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) HMNZS Te Kaha Anzac-class frigate has arrived in Canada for the upgrade of its sensor and weapons systems, the …
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Naval Warfare
USCG delivers another HC-130J for MSS+ retrofit
8th March 2018
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has delivered another HC-130J aircraft to L3 Technologies for Minotaur missionisation, the USCG announced on 5 March. The HC-130J Super …
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Military Logistics
Marine Corps seeks to augment logistics vision
8th March 2018
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is looking for qualified contractor support for its emerging and evolving next generation logistics support concepts after interest was identified …
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Naval Warfare
Report: 'Sudden turn' by US warship led to collision
8th March 2018
A ‘sudden turn’ by the American warship USS John S. McCain led to a collision with a tanker in 2017 off Singapore that left 10 …
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Naval Warfare
Japan requests Phalanx conversion kits
8th March 2018
The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of Phalanx conversion kits to Japan, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency …
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Special Operations
AFSOC hones tactical training edge
7th March 2018
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is helping pre-deployment forces hone their tactical training edge, according to recent contract awards and sources sought announcements. On 1 …
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Naval Warfare
Questions surround number of LCS to be built
7th March 2018
When US Navy leaders headed to Capitol Hill to defend their Fiscal Year 2019 budget request, they laid out plans to increase their ship fleet and batted down …
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Naval Warfare
Lockheed Martin awarded laser weapon contract
7th March 2018
Lockheed Martin has received a contract from the US Navy to develop, manufacture and deliver two high power laser weapon systems, the company announced on …
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Naval Warfare
Poland eyes export opportunities for new minehunters
7th March 2018
Since the Polish Navy commissioned its first prototype ORP Kormoran (601) minehunter of the new Kormoran II-class questions have been asked about exporting the Polish-designed …
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Digital Battlespace
First steel cut for Swedish SIGINT ship
7th March 2018
The Polish Nauta Shipyard has begun production of the signals intelligence vessel it is building for the Swedish Navy. The Nauta Shipyard is building the …
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Military Logistics
GE’s propulsion for Chilean Navy’s icebreaker
6th March 2018
GE’s Marine Solutions has been selected by ASMAR Shipyards to provide an integrated marine propulsion system for the Chilean Navy’s new Polar class icebreaker vessel, …
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Naval Warfare
Japanese navy appoints first female chief of warship unit
6th March 2018
The Japanese navy said on 6 March it had for the first time appointed a woman as commander of a unit that includes the country's …
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Information holds the key in modern warfare
6th March 2018
General Gordon Messenger, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in the UK, has given a candid interview to the Times in which he sets out …
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Navantia signs deal to supply new Avante 2200 corvettes to Saudi Arabia
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Naval Warfare Preview 2025: Billion-dollar programmes will advance but unpredictable forces muddy the waters
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Saab Sea Giraffe to protect Swedish Navy
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Northrop gets $3.5 billion contract to integrate mission systems for E-6B successor
