Catch-22
A quiet revolution is occurring in naval communications. The stalwart Link-11 Tactical Data Link (TDL) is being replaced by Link-22. How does this new...
What Lies Beneath?
Ship categories are changing: As navies are required to respond to an ever-increasing spectrum of traditional and non-traditional threats, the lines of classification between...
UDT 2017: Optimising the constraints by maximising the variables
With the growth that the underwater defence sector has seen of late and the rapid increase in the number of nations planning to expend...
New era of technological evolution arrives with first Wärtsilä HY contract
The technology group Wärtsilä has received its first order for the recently introduced Wärtsilä HY, a hybrid power module that combines engines, an energy...
Jeanne d’Arc and Old Albion Join Forces
Royal Navy helicopters are equipping the Marine Nationale (French Navy) ‘Mistral’ class amphibious assault ships as part of the force’s Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of...
IMDEX Show News – Brazil Expands its Horizons
Brazil’s new OTH-100 High Frequency (HF: three megahertz/MHz to 30MHz) naval surveillance radar is expected to be operational by 2018, confidential sources have informed...
IMDEX Show News – MFRAD Radar To Commence Sea Trials By Year End
GEM Elettronica plans to commence sea trials of its MFRAD X-band (8.5-10.68 gigahertz) naval surveillance radar by the end of the year, the company...
IMDEX Show News – Terma Steps Forward With Scanter
Terma is planning to complete testing of new and upgraded naval surveillance and navigation radars by the end of this year, the company has...
Smooth Seas for Swedish Subs
Hakan Buske, Saab president and chief executive officer is bullish about the export prospects for the company’s ‘A26’ class of conventional hunter-killer submarines which...
Albion and the Apocalypse
Upon becoming the United Kingdom’s prime minister on 13 July Theresa May, like her predecessors, was asked to write several letters by the cabinet...
