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Exercise ‘Digital Talon 3.0’

US 5th Fleet’s newest technology task force runs ‘Digital Talon’ uncrewed systems exercise

US 5th Fleet’s newest technology task force – Task Group 59.1 (TG-59.1) – has conducted the latest iteration of the fleet’s ‘Digital Talon’ maritime...
Kongsberg Protector

Fighting Technology With Technology

Remote-controlled weapons systems provide the capability to engage close-in air and surface threats at sea. In today’s changing naval operational environment, such systems are...
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...
WC-130J

August Radio Roundup

Armada’s monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains. Hurricane hunters KenCast is supplying its Fazzt software to...
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...
Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates

Russia deploys task group to Caribbean and Cuba

A Russian Federation Navy task group has visited Havana, Cuba, in what is being seen as a display of power projection capability. Four naval vessels...
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...
Saildrone 3000

Saildrone and Thales Australia Advance Autonomous Long-range Undersea Surveillance with USV–Towed Array Integration

Saildrone announced a strategic partnership with Thales Australia to integrate the Thales BlueSentry thin-line towed array with Saildrone Surveyor-class uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) for...
The 132 ft autonomous Sea Hunter USV (Image credit: U.S. Navy)

US Navy to form second USV squadron

The U.S. Navy plans to stand up its second unmanned surface drone squadron this May, two years after the U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) formed...
ECA Group

Beating the Minefield With Autonomous Countermeasures

The potential for autonomous mine hunting is now being realised - and the demand for it is growing. Technological developments in mine countermeasure (MCM) systems...

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