Cohort company SEA awarded £135m Maritime CounterMeasures contract
Cohort, the Independent Technology Group announces that its subsidiary Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd (SEA) has been awarded a £135m contract by the UK...
Thales Provides Expeditionary Operations Centre Demonstrator to French Navy for Drone-based Mine Countermeasures Missions
Thales took less than six months to develop the Expeditionary Portable Operations Centre (e-POC), a lightweight, full-function mission planning, management and analysis demonstrator...
Sea Viper of the Royal Navy will combat ballistic threats
MBDA has been awarded three contracts worth around £400 million to upgrade and support the Sea Viper primary area air defense system of the...
Western navies increase response to rebel threat to Red Sea shipping
Western navies are increasing their collective response to the maritime attacks being conducted by Yemeni-based rebels against merchant shipping operating in the southern Red...
High Power Defence
After a stuttering start, directed energy/laser weapons are beginning to gain traction as viable ‘soft kill’ options for military forces.
In January 2022, the US...
Coastal Defence Receives Boost as Poland and Ukraine Collaborate
While defence against aerial threats is receiving principal media attention efforts to counter other potential threats, particularly attacks from the sea, are being given...
Swedish Amphibious Force Acquiring Seaborne Mortars
Sweden’s Amphibious Battalion 2030, the expansion of its Amphibious Corps made a major move in expanding its capabilities with the recent announcement of its...
Australia to re-assess surface fleet construct, following strategic review
Australia intends to conduct an independent review of the size, mix, and capability of its naval surface fleet, as part of increasing the overall...
Netherlands returns to Tomahawk procurement
The Netherlands plans to procure Raytheon’s Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM) from the US Navy (USN), the Dutch defence ministry (MoD) has announced.
The plans...
The Blessed Plot
A promising new development aims to overcome naval surveillance radar line-of-sight restrictions to improve ballistic missile detection and engagement.
Thales shared details of the Plot...
