Dr. Lee Willett
REPMUS uncrewed systems exercise grows in size and international standing
As it adapts to continue progressing against emerging naval challenges, the Portuguese Navy-led ‘REPMUS’ Maritime Uncrewed Systems (MUS) exercise has grown in multinational partnership...
DSEI 2023: Russia/China collaboration compounds strategic challenge for NATO, says DSACEUR
NATO is facing a combined, state-based strategic challenge in and beyond the Euro-Atlantic theatre, a senior alliance military officer told the Defence and Security...
DSEI 2023: Dutch De Zeven Provincien mid-life upgrade delivers BMD effect
Mid-life upgrade (MLU) work being conducted onboard the Royal Netherlands Navy’s (RNLN’s) four De Zeven Provincien-class air-defence and littoral command frigates has delivered a...
DSEI 2023: UK First Sea Lord stresses need for navy to accelerate technological and...
The UK Royal Navy (RN) is facing an ever-increasing pace of change in threats, and must pick up the pace of its own technological...
DSEI 2023: UK MoD highlights Royal Navy crewed and uncrewed capability developments in delivering...
Crewed and uncrewed system programmes will both play crucial roles in delivering new operational capability for the UK Royal Navy (RN) increasingly quickly, Minister...
Saab designs future workspace concept to speed up ‘ops room’ decision making
Saab has revealed design details for a new warship ‘ops room’ operator console set-up. The ‘future operator workspace’ concept integrates the operator and the...
Saab acquires BlueBear to enhance autonomous technology development
Swedish defence and security systems company Saab has acquired the UK-based, autonomous technologies-focused BlueBear Systems Group Ltd, Saab announced on 31 August.
“BlueBear is a...
Royal Saudi Naval Forces assumes command of Gulf-based IMSC task force
Saudi Arabia has assumed command of Coalition Task Force (CTF) ‘Sentinel’, the operational task force that supports the Gulf-based International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC).
This...
Australia confirms details of planned Tomahawk fit for DDGs
Australia has confirmed its intention to purchase Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missiles to equip the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) three Hobart-class guided-missile destroyers (DDGs).
In a...
USN begins CNO changeover process, with collective message of urgency in maintaining superiority at...
The US Navy (USN) has begun the change of command process for the post of Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).
Within the process, senior navy...
