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New RAN Chief takes helm amid AUKUS focus

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has a new chief, as the service and Australia’s wider defence community increase focus on delivering the capability outputs...
DYMO 22 PHOTEX

Broader NATO naval focus reflected in ‘Dynamic Mongoose’ exercise

NATO’s broadening strategic focus on increasing naval presence and demonstrating naval capability across the entirety of the Euro-Atlantic theatre even in the face in...
iXblue and ECA Group demonstrate successful subsea asset tracking to Polish Naval Academy.

iXblue and ECA Group demonstrate successful subsea asset tracking to Polish Naval Academy

iXblue and ECA Group recently demonstrated successful subsea asset tracking in shallow waters using iXblue Gaps M7 USBL (Ultra Short BaseLine) positioning system and...
Hypersonic

Saab Reveals Hypersonic Sensing and Tracking Capability within ‘Squadron 2020’ Corvette Contract

Saab’s contract to deliver combat system capability for the Finnish Navy’s ‘Squadron 2020’ (‘Laivue 2020’) future corvette programme includes hypersonic missile detection and tracking,...
A Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) Alkmaar-/Tripartite-class minehunter (centre) transits with Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) in 2014. The RNLN’s new MCM vessels could provide a future platform for seabed warfare capability. (NATO Maritime Command)

Navies Consider Response to Seabed Warfare Risk

The emergence of seabed warfare as a strategic, political, and operational risk for Western countries is prompting navies to consider capability requirements, and the...
An artist’s rendering of Sweden’s future A26 submarine at sea. Two A26 boats are currently being built. (Saab)

Sweden Assesses Next-generation Submarine Requirements and Technologies

Sweden is assessing requirements for a next-generation submarine, even as its new A26 Blekinge-class diesel-electric boats (SSKs) continue build. The Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) has...
Leonardo AWHERO - first Ocean 2020 sea trial demonstration.

AWHero successfully completes inflight tests of its Radar-based Enhanced Maritime Surveillance Sensor Suite

Navies and Coast Guards worldwide are deploying Tactical Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) in order to provide wide area ISR capabilities to vessels and contribute...

DARPA’s New Sea Monster

In May, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched its Liberty Lifter project. This is intended to demonstrate that a low-cost X-plane...
BIRD Land protection systems

Eurosatory 2022: BIRD Aerosystems Launches a new business line of Land systems and unveils...

Eurosatory, Paris – Hall 6 Booth D681 - Already under contracts, the new systems leverage BIRD's proven radar and optical technologies into the Land...
unmanned-maritime

SAE Media Group announces the inaugural Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology USA Conference 2022

SAE Media Group reports: The latest addition to SMG’s sell-out unmanned conference portfolio – Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology USA, is set to take place...

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