Tag: French Navy
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...
AI’s Achilles Heel?
Artificial Intelligence is promising to speed up the analysis of data to further tighten the OODA loop for commanders. But does it also have...
NATO’s Carrier Groups Demonstrate Collective Deterrence
NATO is enhancing its immediate and longer-term maritime presence to build deterrence now and into the future, a senior alliance official told a recent...
Zut Alors!
The French Navy’s new frigates will enter service with a reduced electronic warfare fit.
News emerged in the French media this July that the Marine...
Navies Now Seeking MUAS Bids
There has been a resurgence of interest in unmanned aerial submarine-hunting capabilities as potential underwater threats, especially from Russia and China, continue to grow.
The...
HMS Queen Elizabeth departs for maiden operational tour
The United Kingdom Royal Navy’s (RN’s) new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed Portsmouth on 22 May for a seven-month long, 26,000 nautical...
Naval Design Swap
Naval ship design has significantly changed to reflect influencing factors such as lifecycle costs, modularity and energy efficiency.
Over the past couple of decades, technological...
IFF and When
Thales expects to deliver its first completed TSA-6000 IFF system to the French Navy by the end of the year.
The company said that its...
Thy Fearful Symmetry
French electronic warfare modernisation takes another step forward for all three services with the procurement of the SYMMETRY SIGINT system.
The news that the French...
GCC Navies Build for Persistent Patrols in Home Waters
Published in the Middle East Feb/Mar 2021 Supplement - While international navies provide larger warships to patrol the waters of the Gulf, GCC nations...
