Dr. Lee Willett
Searching for The Silent Service
Royal Australian Navy is honing its anti-submarine warfare skills with the help of Allies including the US Navy.
History of Submarines in the North Atlantic...
Dynamic Manta highlights numbers game in NATO ASW effort
NATO’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW)-focused Exercise Dynamic Manta – currently underway in the Mediterranean region’s Ionian Sea – is highlighting the impact of submarine numbers...
NATO’s CMRE adds unmanned vehicles to ‘Dynamic Manta’ submarine hunt
NATO’s Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) is operating unmanned vehicles as additional submarine hunters during the alliance’s Dynamic Manta exercise, taking place...
Babcock’s Arrowhead 140 Type 31 Design Provides for Future Adaptability
Arrowhead 140 Frigate Concept
Babcock’s Arrowhead 140 frigate concept, selected by the United Kingdom as the preferred design for its Type 31 general purpose future...
UK’s Second Carrier to Act as Technology Demonstrator in 2021
The UK Royal Navy (RN) is seeking to use its aircraft carrier programme as an opportunity for industry to demonstrate new maritime unmanned systems...
Capability Overlaps in Sweden’s A19, A26 Submarines Reduce Programme Risks
Dr. Lee Willett, UDT, Stockholm - Commonality in capability for the Royal Swedish Navy’s (RSwN’s) two current submarine programmes is helping de-risk both programmes while...
Swedish Navy Chief Aims to Grow Submarine Numbers Amongst Near-term Programme Priorities
Dr. Lee Willett, Undersea Defence Technology conference 2019, Stockholm - Sweden’s navy chief has set out his service’s programme priorities for the 2019-30 period,...
China’s Jiangkai frigate roll-out delivers global reach
Dr. Lee Willett - Like any navy seeking global presence, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will use its surface forces to project influence. A...
Exercise Dynamic Manta builds NATO ASW and C2 capacity
Dr. Lee Willett - One of NATO’s two annual anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises is underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Exercise Dynamic Manta is NATO’s...
