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SOF Week 2026: US NSW explores 3D-printed USVs for forward-deployed operations

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US Naval Special Warfare Command is assessing the feasibility of rapidly producing expendable mid-sized USVs in theatre to support SOF and maritime security missions.

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Germany’s F126 frigate crisis has handed Rheinmetall an opening it had been working towards for years, and the company intends to make the most of it.

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Royal Navy accepts Thales sonar

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Royal Navy accepts Thales sonar

24th August 2018

The Royal Navy has accepted Thales UK’s new 2093 mine countermeasures sonar after the successful completion of sea trials on HMS Grimsby, Thales announced on …

ST Marine launches Singapore’s seventh LMV

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ST Marine launches Singapore’s seventh LMV

23rd August 2018

Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine) has launched the Republic of Singapore Navy’s seventh Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV), Dauntless, the company announced on 18 August. ST …

New Zealand maps out hydrographic gap-filler

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New Zealand maps out hydrographic gap-filler

22nd August 2018

New Zealand's Minister of Defence Ron Mark announced that the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) will be receiving a 4,505t replacement dive and hydrographic survey …

Opinion: Retention in the Royal Navy

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Opinion: Retention in the Royal Navy

22nd August 2018

The old strapline ‘Join the Navy, see the world’ used to be on many naval recruitment posters. Tapping into a desire by young people to …

New night vision capabilities from Qioptiq

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New night vision capabilities from Qioptiq

22nd August 2018

Excelitas Technologies’ Qioptiq company is utilizing this week’s “Modern Warfighting Symposium,” co-sponsored by the Global SOF Foundation and US Army Special Operations Command and held …

HMS Queen Elizabeth to begin F-35B trials

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HMS Queen Elizabeth to begin F-35B trials

22nd August 2018

The Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed for the US to carry out flight trials with F-35B fighter jets, the UK Ministry …

Opinion: Southeast Asia’s mixed record on airborne maritime patrol

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Opinion: Southeast Asia’s mixed record on airborne maritime patrol

22nd August 2018

The P-8A maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) has become a ‘poster boy’ in the Indo-Pacific region. Gradually supplanting the P-3C Orion as a workhorse …

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Japan offers to boost Sri Lanka security as China makes inroads

21st August 2018

Japan has pledged to help strengthen Sri Lanka's maritime security, authorities said on 21 August, in a new sign of efforts to counter China's strategic …

HMCS Montreal docks for work period

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HMCS Montreal docks for work period

21st August 2018

The Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN's) Halifax-class frigate, HMCS Montreal, has arrived at Irving Shipbuilding's Halifax Shipyard for a 53-week docking work period (DWP). The work …

RFA Tideforce arrives for customisation

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RFA Tideforce arrives for customisation

21st August 2018

The Royal Navy’s fourth and final Tide-class tanker, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Tideforce, has arrived in Cornwall for customisation. The vessel’s customisation work will …

MASS develops new cloud-based network capability

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MASS develops new cloud-based network capability

20th August 2018

Cohort company MASS has developed a new military-grade cloud-based network capability that includes office functionality, messaging, private secured intranet, video calling and secured software, all …

Barak-8 for Israel’s Sa'ar 6-class corvettes

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Barak-8 for Israel’s Sa'ar 6-class corvettes

20th August 2018

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has received a contract to provide the Barak-8 air and missile defence system for the Israeli Navy’s Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, the …

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