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Naval Warfare
Royal Canadian Navy advances with the construction of its first River-Class destroyer
Scheduled for delivery by 2033, HMCS Fraser will be a major surface component of the Canadian maritime combat power.
Naval Warfare
Ireland orders Thales towed array sonar
Ireland has a large Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which extends 370km (200nm) offshore and contains 75% of the transatlantic subsea cables which carry $10 trillion in financial transactions daily. The country is investing to increase protection and surveillance of these waters.
Naval Warfare
South Korea advances next-gen naval concepts for future force needs
HHI and Hanwha Ocean outline highly autonomous and unmanned-enabled designs as the ROKN explores force structure for the 2030s and beyond.
Defence Notes
Pentagon’s FY26 defence budget proposal is $130 billion more than US Congress plans to provide
The House Committee on Appropriations approved a FY2026 bill reducing investments in main defence programmes.
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Autonomous Mine Hunting: Supplying the British Solution (Studio)
Navies around the world are increasingly looking at autonomous systems for the mine countermeasures (MCM) mission.
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Special Operations
USSOCOM looks to mobile messaging
19th June 2019
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is seeking to gain knowledge of potential sources to explore industry capabilities for a Secure Mobile Messaging Solution (SMMS). …
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Naval Warfare
Philippine Navy seeks two LPDs and other new vessels
19th June 2019
On 17 June the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) issued an invitation to bid for two LPDs for the Philippine Navy (PN), assets that …
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Naval Warfare
Opinion: Taiwan has a naval dilemma
19th June 2019
New users can access this article and all our other Premium News by signing up for a free 24 hour trial HereExercise Han Kuang recently concluded …
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Military Logistics
Raytheon awarded JPALS work
18th June 2019
Raytheon will equip the US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships with the Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPALS) under a $234 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Weaponised UAV expansion set to drive growth in the market
18th June 2019
Request Executive Summary The market for military unmanned systems will reach more than $14.5 billion annually by the end of the next decade, according to …
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Digital Battlespace
DSTL's Stone Soup to aid sensor fusion
18th June 2019
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) is hoping its novel approach to algorithm solving will improve tracking and fusion systems as part of …
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Naval Warfare
JFD demos submarine rescue system in exercise
18th June 2019
JFD has successfully completed a comprehensive submarine rescue exercise to mobilise the entire NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS).During Exercise Golden Arrow the NSRS was fully …
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Naval Warfare
LCS 21 launched and christened
17th June 2019
The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 21, has been launched at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard and christened as the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul. …
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Special Operations
New grenade launcher sight explored
17th June 2019
The Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) is seeking industry information for market research purposes relative to technologies for a Low to Medium …
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Naval Warfare
US lawmakers raise concerns about enemy swarms
17th June 2019
Worried that the US Navy’s surface ships might be vulnerable to hostile swarms of drones or other unmanned systems, a congressional panel is calling on …
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Digital Battlespace
Paris Air Show: Leonardo, Diamond team for maritime patrol
17th June 2019
Leonardo and Diamond Aircraft Industries are offering a new version of the twin-engine DA62 aircraft customised for maritime surveillance missions. The DA62 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft …
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Military Logistics
US Army seeks to fill ‘tug boat’ shortfall
14th June 2019
The US Army's interest in possible solutions to the Modular Warping Tug (MWT) shortfall has been identified in a recently-released RfI issued by the service’s …
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Defence Notes
Insight: Japan seeks to eliminate vulnerabilities in the southwest
14th June 2019
The Liaoning aircraft carrier and five accompanying surface ships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) passed through the Miyako Strait, which separates Okinawa and …
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Digital Battlespace
Airbus advances SMART MRTT connectivity
14th June 2019
Airbus has carried out a flight demonstration of a connected airborne battlespace scenario using an A330 MRTT aircraft. Carried out as part of the development …
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Defence Notes
Podcast: The future of the military unmanned systems market, a look ahead to the Paris Air Show, and who are Raytheon Technologies?
14th June 2019
Welcome to Episode 21 of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert of future podcasts here.
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Naval Warfare
Adelaide class deployments complete
14th June 2019
The final deployment by a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Adelaide class guided missile frigate is now complete, with HMAS Newcastle arriving back in Australia. HMAS …
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Special Operations
SOF looks to Gesture Control Technology
13th June 2019
US special operations forces could soon benefit from Gesture Control Technology (GCT), allowing personnel to interact with connected platforms, devices and sensors with simple hand …
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Digital Battlespace
Lockheed Martin delivers GPS III COps upgrade
13th June 2019
Lockheed Martin has delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) software upgrade to the US Air Force's current GPS ground control system. The upgrade will …
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Digital Battlespace
US Marine Corps tunes into narrowband network
13th June 2019
The USMC has now begun rolling out its next-generation narrowband SATCOM system to replace its legacy SATCOM networks. Thousands of antenna kits for the AN/PRC-117G …
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