ORCA

UUV Offence and Defence

Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) provide a capability that Western navies must both capitalise on and counter. In the maritime domain, the underwater world is a...
UGV

Setting the Right Heading for UGVs

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) have undeniable potential on the battlefield, but matching design to customer expectation is not necessarily an easy obstacle to overcome. Deploying...
Airbus Do-DT25 drone

Above and Beyond the Trenches

While small UAVs are proving their value on the battlefield in Ukraine for ISR and attack, there is an ongoing drive for larger, longer...
NASAMS

GBAD – Amost an Impossible Job

Effectively countering the threat to battlefield ground assets from air attack has become significantly more challenging as demonstrated in the Ukraine conflict. Although traditional ‘air...
HMS Queen Elizabeth

Which Kind of Intensity?

Western navies are seeking the right balance in training types between simulated, synthetic training that can deliver intensity in terms of asset or firepower...
A T-45C Goshawk

US Navy Overhauls Pilot Training

The United States Navy (USN) was short of almost 100 fighter pilots in mid-July 2022 and the problem is not expected to improve anytime...
The ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS)

Ruining Radars

Europe has embarked on an ambitious airborne electronic attack programme; a timely capability to counter a growing threat. Standby for acronyms: The European Defence Agency’s...
Suffren class submarines

Silent Running

The increased popularity among navies to own their own submarine fleets are driving new advances in submarine propulsion. If the SEA 1000 submarine programme in...
Saab's 9LV CMS

Managing Maritime Combat – At Speed

The speed of warfare and the proliferation of multi-domain threats has increased the pressure on naval combat management system develpment Hypersonic and ballistic missiles, unmanned...
L3Harris Ivers AUV

Tracking UUVs in the Deep

Operating vessels underwater has always had its challenges, but techniques are surfacing on how to manage this with the new shoal of unmanned craft. Mesh...

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SOF

Adapting to Win!

The M777 155mm/39 cal Light Towed Howitzer

Run out of Guns