US Navy’s Navigation Plan 2024 to focus on rapid integration of uncrewed capabilities
The service’s Navigation Plan 2024 and “Project 33” targets outlined robotic and autonomous systems as core focus areas up until 2027.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) updated visitors at the Pacific 2015 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney on current surface warship programmes.
The second and final Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) will be handed over before the end of 2015. Simon Latimer, BAE Systems’ head of communications, said they were ‘performing as advertised’ and that construction of the second vessel had gone ‘a lot smoother’.
Eight landing craft built by Navantia under JP2048 Phase 3 have already been delivered, and the four remaining craft are presently en route to Australia.
The navy is seeking two maritime operations support ships under
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The service’s Navigation Plan 2024 and “Project 33” targets outlined robotic and autonomous systems as core focus areas up until 2027.
Slipway Systems were also supplied for Singapore’s eight Independence-class Littoral Mission Vessels.
The KV Hopen rounds out the Norwegian Coast Guard’s complement of offshore patrol vessels, replacing the Nordkapp class.
The new Block IV submarine is the first in the class to be designed for a gender-integrated crew.
GD-NASSCO is currently under contract for the first nine ships of the class and has delivered three to date. With this award, the company is set to build 17 of the US Navy’s 20-ship programme of record.
The Sting Ray can be deployed from frigates, helicopters and maritime patrol aircraft against submarine targets of all types. It uses an acoustic homing system and navigation system to detect, classify and attack targets autonomously.