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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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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
Saab to upgrade Swedish corvettes
5th July 2017
The Swedish Defence Material Administration has awarded Saab a contract worth $147.93 million to modify and upgrade the Swedish Marine’s Gävle class corvettes, the company announced …
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Naval Warfare
BAE, Leonardo partner on precision-guided munitions
3rd July 2017
BAE Systems and Leonardo are partnering to develop new precision-guided munitions for use with large-calibre weapon systems, BAE Systems announced on 28 June. The programme …
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Digital Battlespace
Rostec unveils naval weapon system Pantsir-ME
3rd July 2017
Rostec subsidiary Tula KBP has introduced Pantsir-ME, a naval missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon, Rostec announced on 28 June. The weapon system is designed to provide …
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Defence Notes
Rejoice, but bad news awaits for Type 26?
3rd July 2017
Seemingly timing the release to coincide with the Sunday papers, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 2 July that it had awarded BAE …
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Defence Notes
Raytheon makes out like a bandit in Taiwan
3rd July 2017
There was nothing new in the first arms package released by the Trump administration that Taiwan did not already have in its inventory, beyond some …
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Naval Warfare
HII to build Flight III DDG 125
30th June 2017
The Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been awarded a contract modification by the US Navy to incorporate the Flight III upgrades to …
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Defence Notes
Singapore reorganises military to fight terrorism
30th June 2017
Terrorism is the Singapore Ministry of Defence’s (MINDEF) top priority, and it has taken numerous measures to defend the island across all spectrums. Defence Minister …
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Naval Warfare
RAN’s MV Sycamore arrives in Sydney
30th June 2017
The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) multi-role aviation training vessel (MATV) MV Sycamore arrived in Sydney harbour after completing her 14-day maiden voyage, Damen Shipyards announced …
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Naval Warfare
HMAS Canberra and Adelaide to leave dry dock
30th June 2017
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has provided an update on HMA Ships Adelaide and Canberra, which are due to complete their maintenance period after …
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Naval Warfare
Deal inked for more Korean PKX-B craft
30th June 2017
South Korea is continuing to modernise its patrol boat fleet via an approximately $225 million contract with Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC), according to …
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Digital Battlespace
Huntington wins task order from NAVSEA
29th June 2017
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Technical Solutions division has been awarded a task order by Naval Sea Systems Command to provide various engineering support services at …
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Digital Battlespace
ViaSat receives MIDS JTRS contract
29th June 2017
ViaSat will supply Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) to the US Navy and US Air Force (USAF) under a $88.3 …
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Naval Warfare
Analysis: Rolls-Royce powering ahead
29th June 2017
Rolls-Royce says it is now on course to rectify issues with the UK Royal Navy’s Type 45 WR-21 engines while continuing to deliver to other …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Kraken receives ThunderFish Alpha AUV
29th June 2017
Kraken Sonar Systems has received ThunderFish Alpha, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed for deep sea military, commercial and scientific applications, the company announced on …
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Naval Warfare
Austal wins US Navy’s LCS contract
28th June 2017
Austal has received a contract worth up to AUD779 million ($584m) to build the 14th Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 28) for the US Navy, the …
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Naval Warfare
Metal Shark to build NCPVs
28th June 2017
Metal Shark has been awarded a foreign military sales contract by the US Navy to construct Near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) for US partner nations, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
MCM drone operation tested in Belgium
28th June 2017
ECA Group has successfully demonstrated the capability to deploy its AUVs, USVs and ROVs simultaneously to perform parallel and collaborative detection to identification mine countermeasure …
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Defence Helicopter
PLA to parade prowess in Hong Kong
28th June 2017
During President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Hong Kong on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the territory’s reversion to Chinese rule, the Hong …
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Naval Warfare
Piracy threat off West Africa remains
27th June 2017
Anti-piracy watchdog Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP) released its annual report on the state of global maritime security recently, highlighting trends in pirate activities around the …
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