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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Striking Back
Raytheon’s Tomahawk cruise missile Block development provides new challenges to Kongsberg’s increasingly popular Naval Strike Missile.
For a long time in the post-Cold War world,...
Naval Radar Market Forecast $2.6 Billion Over 15 Years
The market for naval surveillance radars to equip large surface combatants could be worth in excess of $2.6 billion over the next 15 years.
Naval...
