The DriX

Unmanned Surface/Subsurface Team a Force Multiplier for Seabed Warfare

On Thursday 15 September, the DriX Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) from iXblue and the ECA Group’s A18D Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) were demonstrated to...
HMAS Rankin

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...
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...
DBDS

Mission ‘Reis’ is Completed, We Are Ready For The ‘Milden’ Project

Within the scope of the New Type Submarine Project of the Presidency of Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı - SSB), we have completed the...
submarine with a fully digital sensor suite

HENSOLDT equips Norwegian and German submarines with next-generation optronics suite

Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is equipping the German-Norwegian submarine project U212 CD with a fully digital sensor suite. The optronics division of HENSOLDT has...
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Defence Commission report calls for bigger UK navy

The UK Royal Navy (RN) needs more platforms to allow it to meet a growing list of commitments, a report by the influential, cross-party...
Collins class submarines on patrol. (Royal Australian Navy)

New Australian / UK / US Defence Partnership Announced; Nuclear Powered Submarines for Royal...

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have agreed a new trilateral defence partnership (AUKUS) which, in its first landmark announcement, revealed that...
HNLMS Zeeleeuw

Stealthy Sub-Surface Data Gatherers

The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) submarine service chief Captain Herman de Groot discusses the changing underwater operating environment and how the RNLN’s upgraded Walrus-class...

Suites for Subs

Elettronica gives Armada new details on its recent contract to supply Fincantieri with electronic warfare systems. These will equip new conventional hunter-killer submarines for...
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Indonesian Navy loses contact with Submarine off Bali

An Indonesian Navy (Tentar Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut - TNI-AL) has lost contact with one of its Cakra-class submarines, KRI Nanggala 402 in the waters...

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