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Crown copyright/UK MoD 2024

UK defence chief highlights global impact of Royal Navy

The UK’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has highlighted key contributions made by different types of UK Royal Navy (RN) assets to stability and...
XLAUV

BAE Systems conducts at-sea demonstration of military-capable XLAUV

BAE Systems has conducted at-sea testing of its Herne extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XLAUV), demonstrating the system’s ability to conduct military tasks. The Herne XLAUV...
Exercise ‘Digital Talon 3.0’

US 5th Fleet’s newest technology task force runs ‘Digital Talon’ uncrewed systems exercise

US 5th Fleet’s newest technology task force – Task Group 59.1 (TG-59.1) – has conducted the latest iteration of the fleet’s ‘Digital Talon’ maritime...
Kongsberg Protector

Fighting Technology With Technology

Remote-controlled weapons systems provide the capability to engage close-in air and surface threats at sea. In today’s changing naval operational environment, such systems are...
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Oscar Austin

USS Oscar Austin Rota arrival steps up USN forward-based European presence

The US Navy (USN) DDG 51 Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin arrived in its new homeport at Naval Station Rota,...

US, UK carrier strike groups demonstrate NATO presence in North Sea deployments

Two NATO carrier strike groups (CSGs) are currently conducting operations in the North Sea. The deployments demonstrate a level of integrated, multi-national, high-end capability and...
USS Normandy

US Navy conducts first port visit to Finland following country’s NATO membership

The US Navy (USN) has conducted its first visit to Finland since the Northern European country became a member of the NATO alliance. In late...
ORCA

UUV Offence and Defence

Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) provide a capability that Western navies must both capitalise on and counter. In the maritime domain, the underwater world is a...
JMSDF training

JMSDF ship visits to UK underline combined commitment to international security

Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships, from the Japan Training Squadron, have visited the UK for port calls. The visits provided the opportunity...
Northern Viking 2024

Iceland, US, and allies conduct annual ‘Northern Viking’ exercise

Iceland, the United States, four NATO partners, and NATO Allied Maritime Command’s (MARCOM’s) Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) are underway with the US-led...

Highlight of the Month

SOF

Adapting to Win!

The M777 155mm/39 cal Light Towed Howitzer

Run out of Guns

liberation of Syria

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