Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: UK risks loss of influence should MCM capability slip
Senior former UK defence officials have said that the country should renew its MCM fleet once the current Hunt and Sandown classes leave service, given the importance of their role in the Arabian Gulf and offering a key capability that its US ally relies heavily upon.
The RN operates two Hunt-class and two ...
More from Naval Warfare
-
Ultra Electronics installs S2150 sonar on RN frigate
Ultra Electronics has installed the first S2150 Hull Mount Sonar on a RN Type 23 frigate HMS Portland according to a 6 April statement. The ...
-
Russia to carry out second test-firing of hypersonic missile
Russia is planning to carry out the second test-firing of its Tsirkon hypersonic missile in April or May 2020 according to Defence Ministry sources. The ...
-
HII set to build next USN amphibious transport dock
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been awarded a $1.5 billion fixed-price-incentive modification to a previous contract for the construction of an amphibious transport dock LPD ...
-
USS Delaware joins USN fleet
The USN commissioned USS Delaware (SSN-791) on 4 April, welcoming it as the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine in the fleet. The vessel has been designed ...
-
PREMIUM: South Korea installs HUSS to protect ports
South Korea has finished installing a new indigenously developed surveillance system that can monitor ports against threats such as surface vessels, submarines, submersibles, divers or ...
-
PREMIUM: As Operation Irini starts, the question is who will benefit?
The EU’s new maritime security mission, created to aid enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya, officially stood up this week as the bloc shifts ...