UK and US marines train to guard nuclear deterrent submarines
The Autumn round of Tartan Eagle training just concluded in Scotland.
Kelvin Hughes has announced that its SharpEye radar system will be integrated onto oil and gas platforms in support of an offshore gas protection effort in the Caspian Sea.
The contract, announced on 27 January, will see the company provide 11 SBS 800 X-band SharpEye systems to prime integrator VisSim as part of a wider coastal surveillance system for Azerbaijan.
‘In Azerbaijan there are a number of offshore oil and gas platforms out there, and we have supplied a number of radars to be fitted to some of those platforms as a coastal surveillance system, which gives them a
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The Autumn round of Tartan Eagle training just concluded in Scotland.
The organisations have broadened the remit of an existing MoU to help boost underwater defence innovation.
As defence markets shift to meet new demands, the naval sector has found itself at the centre of a transformative wave, driven by geopolitical shifts, the need for rapid technological advancement, and a redefined approach to maritime power projection.
A Memorandum of Understanding signed during an event in Karachi between the Italian shipbuilder and the Pakistan Navy covered naval training, research and development, and project-based collaboration.
The threat from China has prompted Taiwan’s naval forces to shift from traditional naval structures to a more balanced strategy blending asymmetric defences with conventional platforms.
The US, the UK, France and Germany each have existing frigate programmes.