Defence Notes
PREMIUM: UK MoD personnel tested for COVID-19 passes 20,000 mark
More than 20,000 service and civilian personnel working for the UK MoD have been tested for COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic, with 463 ...
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Royal Swedish Navy eyes unmanned to augment subsurface capability
Unmanned systems could become a key force multiplier for the Royal Swedish Navy in a bid to shore up hull numbers and add new capabilities ...
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: HMS Queen Elizabeth departure delayed due to COVID outbreak
The scheduled departure of HMS Queen Elizabeth from Portsmouth naval base has been delayed after some of its crew tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. ...
Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Indigenous Middle East defence industry faces three key challenges
As Gulf countries seek to develop sustainable defence industries to supply their own armed forces with an increasing percentage of indigenously manufactured equipment, steps need ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Type 26 holds the key for UK naval export success in competitive global market
3rd September 2020
Despite decades of failure by the UK in more effectively exporting naval technologies into global markets, recent successes at both the platform and system level ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Type 31 programme moves into Whole Ship Engineering phase
20th August 2020
With the completion of the Whole Ship Preliminary Design Review (WSPDR) for the UK’s Type 31 frigate in June, programme lead Babcock is now transitioning ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: UK sets out naval Directed Energy Weapon roadmap
14th August 2020
As the UK continues to evaluate the military potential of Directed Energy Weapons (DEW), specific naval applications will soon be explored through Project Tracey, a ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Can the UK’s National Shipbuilding Strategy be deemed a success?
14th August 2020
Nearly three years have passed since the publication of the UK MoD’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, a navigational map intended to revitalise naval manufacturing and create a ...
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Military Logistics
PREMIUM: Damen Shipyards Group says workforce redundancies will not hit naval shipbuilding
6th August 2020
Damen Shipyards Group has said that the impending redundancy of more than 1,000 employees from its sites in Romania and the Netherlands will not impact ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Israeli Navy bulks up with refined corvette design
3rd August 2020
The design for the Israeli Navy’s future Sa’ar S-72 corvettes should be completed in the first half of 2021, with indications that the platform being ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: New patrol craft to replace Gibraltar Squadron's interim Archer class
24th July 2020
The UK RN’s Gibraltar Squadron looks set to benefit from the introduction of two new patrol craft, after a 24 July announcement by the MoD ...
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Naval Warfare
Refurb of HMS Quorn for Lithuania to mirror Skalvis class capabilities
23rd July 2020
A future addition to the Lithuanian mine countermeasure (MCM) fleet, the UK RN’s former Hunt-class MCMV HMS Quorn (pictured above in 2011), will complete a ...
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Military Logistics
PREMIUM: MARAD scrapes the barrel for sealift-capable hulls
21st July 2020
The US Maritime Administration (MARAD), which is responsible for the support of strategic sealift capability to the USN, has ‘the bare minimum’ of vessels required ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: USCG Atlantic Area’s reliance on creaking cutters shows scale of recapitalisation
16th July 2020
With nearly a third of the USCG’s Atlantic Area cutter force having been in service for more than 50 years, senior officials have repeatedly called ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Burning hull of USS Bonhomme Richard leaves amphibious ready group capability gap
14th July 2020
As efforts continue to bring under control a fire on board the USN’s USS Bonhomme Richard, the financial and military implications of the potential loss ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Black Scorpion mini torpedo in qualification phase
9th July 2020
The Black Scorpion mini torpedo is currently undergoing a qualification phase ahead of introduction into the market, although officials from manufacturer Leonardo do not anticipate ...
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Military Logistics
PREMIUM: Waiting game continues for Fleet Solid Support
8th July 2020
Seemingly stuck in a state of suspended animation, the UK’s Future Solid Support (FSS) ship programme is intended to deliver up to three key logistics ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: More than 90% of first RN Type 26 is under construction
3rd July 2020
After nearly three years and four UK Secretaries of State for Defence, progress on the first-in-class Type 26 frigate destined for the RN offers a ...
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Defence Notes
NATO should 'take to the field’ in countering hybrid operations
1st July 2020
Amid a return to Great Power competition between NATO, Russia and an emergent China, a former Supreme Allied Commander Europe has called for the alliance ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: NAO report issues warning on UK carrier strike capability
26th June 2020
The implications of building and sustaining the UK’s two aircraft carriers continue to loom large for the RN, with the latest report issued by the ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: UK defence companies ready for any spending hike to boost economy post-COVID
25th June 2020
As the UK economy reels from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown of industry and society at large, a number of UK ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Germany sets dates for delivery of new MKS 180 combat ships
24th June 2020
With the signing of the contract by the German MoD for the procurement of four MKS 180 multipurpose combat ships, the saga as to what ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: EU repeats call for Operation Irini contributions from member states
17th June 2020
Nearly three months since Operation Irini began operations in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms and oil embargo on Libya, the force is still ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: First batch of 10,000-strong EU coast guard to begin training
12th June 2020
With the first batch of recruits beginning training for the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, a clearer picture is beginning to emerge of the ...
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