Naval Warfare
Proposed USN budget outlines unmanned investment
Amid efforts to rein in spending in an economy feeling the figurative and literal weight of more than $20 trillion of debt, the FY2021 budget presented by US President Donald Trump called for efforts to ‘streamline bureaucracy’ and invoked the well-worn triad of military buzzwords – modernisation, lethality and innovation – to ...
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USN orders SM-2 and SM-6 spares
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PREMIUM: Venezuela acquired C-802A anti-ship missiles from China
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Japan set to obtain RIM-116C after FMS clearance by State Department
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PREMIUM: Drills reflect Iranian emphasis on unmanned and anti-ship capabilities
As the dust settles from the Zolfaghar-99 large-scale military exercise, which took place from 10-12 September around the Strait of Hormuz, it is possible to ...
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OCEA launches research vessel for Nigeria
A new vessel for the Nigerian Navy was launched on 24 September at the OCEA shipyard in Les Sables d'Olonne, France. The hydrographic research vessel ...
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Sixth INBS completed for Royal Canadian Navy programme
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has completed Integrated Navigation and Bridge System (INBS) shipset six for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships ...