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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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Uncrewed Vehicles
ERDC develops MARV to repair damaged piers
26th June 2017
The US Army Engineering Design and Research Centre (ERDC) has developed a USV called the Multifunctional Assessment Reconnaissance Vessel (MARV) to help repair damaged piers, …
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Naval Warfare
Croatia gets new inshore patrol vessels
26th June 2017
Earlier this month Croatian shipyard Brodosplit launched the first inshore patrol vessel (IPV) of the five-unit batch ordered by the country’s coast guard service. The …
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Naval Warfare
DCNS’s F21 torpedo enters final development phase
26th June 2017
DCNS’s F21 torpedo has entered into its final development phase following the completion of a qualification round of firing off the Var coast in France, …
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Digital Battlespace
UK awards IFF upgrade contract
26th June 2017
Leonardo has received a contract worth over $323 million from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the upgrade of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) …
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Defence Helicopter
Analysis: New Indian naval helicopters dashed again
26th June 2017
An Indian Navy (IN) deal valued at over $1 billion for 16 Multirole Helicopters (MRH) was given a quiet burial after being scrapped by the …
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Naval Warfare
CCG inducts first MA60 patrol aircraft
26th June 2017
The first MA60H maritime patrol aircraft entered service with the China Coast Guard (CCG) during a formal ceremony on 19 June. The aircraft will be …
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Defence Notes
Has the US lost the plot in South China Sea?
23rd June 2017
As the South China Sea transforms into a spider web of interconnected military facilities designed to lock out uninvited guests, one would have thought that …
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Naval Warfare
Trilateral naval patrols launched to net ISIS
23rd June 2017
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have responded to the threat of possibly thousands of ISIS fighters in Southeast Asia by commencing the deployment of joint …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy tests SM-6 Blk IA
22nd June 2017
The US Navy has carried out testing of the Standard Missile-6 Block IA (SM-6 Blk IA) at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the …
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Military Logistics
Dry dock brings strategic succour to Indian Navy
22nd June 2017
A $71 million floating dock (FDNavy-2) built by Larsen and Toubro (L&T;) at its Kattupalli yard near Chennai will considerably improve dry dock slot constraints …
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Naval Warfare
Chinese exercise reveals new Iranian capability
21st June 2017
The visit by a Chinese naval fleet to Iran has revealed a possible upgrade to an Iranian frigate. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) made …
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Naval Warfare
USCG orders additional FRCs
21st June 2017
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has awarded a $289 million contract option to Bollinger Shipyards to produce and deliver an additional six Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), …
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Military Logistics
Huntington Ingalls signs LHA 8 contract
21st June 2017
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipbuilding division has received a $3 billion contract for the detail design and construction of the US Navy's Bougainville (LHA 8) amphibious …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: EMSA signs off on UAS capabilities
21st June 2017
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) was named in two deals this week for fixed-wing and VTOL unmanned systems that will be used to provide …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Unmanned MCM capabilities showcased
21st June 2017
A complete unmanned mine counter measure (MCM) detect-to-engage mission has been demonstrated at the Belgium Navy’s North Sea Unmanned MCM Trials (BE NSU). The 11 …
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Naval Warfare
HMS Brocklesby to return to operations early
21st June 2017
The Royal Navy’s mine countermeasure vessel HMS Brocklesby will return to the navy’s surface fleet four months earlier than scheduled following completion of upkeep work …
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Military Logistics
Boeing to continue P-8I support
21st June 2017
Boeing has received a three-year contract to continue its support for the Indian Navy's fleet of P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, the company announced on 19 June. …
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Naval Warfare
USCG commissions 22nd FRC
20th June 2017
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has commissioned its 22nd Fast Response Cutter (FRC) Bailey Barco in Juneau, Alaska, the USCG announced on 15 June. The cutter …
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Naval Warfare
Australia takes delivery of AWD Hobart
20th June 2017
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has provisionally accepted delivery of its first Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) - HMAS Hobart - at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in …
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