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News - Surface Navy Association

  • Naval Warfare

    Boarding party time for RNZN crews

    27th August 2019

    The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is seeking to procure specialist tactical equipment for personnel conducting naval boarding operations. In an RfT released in August, …

  • Land Warfare

    Philippine marines rehearse at sea with AAVs

    10th September 2019

    Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) crews trained on their new Korea Amphibious Assault Vehicles (KAAV), acquired from Hanwha Techwin, alongside the USMC in early September. US …

  • Naval Warfare

    GD awarded Royal Navy Dreadnought work

    27th August 2019

    General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded $64.8 million for the Strategic Weapon System Fire Control Subsystem hardware for the Royal Navy’s second Dreadnought-class nuclear …

  • Naval Warfare

    US Navy commissions USS Billings

    5th August 2019

    The US Navy commissioned USS Billings (LCS 15) on 3 August in Key West, Florida. Billings is the newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) to …

  • Land Warfare

    MSPO 2019: Saab aiming for 40% range bump in next GLSDB test fire

    3rd September 2019

    Saab will test its Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) later this month, with officials hoping the flight will push the 140km mark for the first …

  • Land Warfare

    US Army awards hypersonic weapon development contracts

    3rd September 2019

    The US Army has awarded contracts for system supply related to the development of a land-based hypersonic weapon capability.  Dynetics Technical Solutions (DTS) has been …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Raytheon awarded NGJ-MB support work

    28th August 2019

    Raytheon has been awarded a $74 million contract modification to deliver pre-operational support for the US Navy’s Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band pod.  This contract covers …

  • Land Warfare

    Panus R600 conducts first field test in Thailand

    3rd September 2019

    Panus Assembly unveiled its R600 8x8 armoured vehicle during its first field test at the Royal Thai Army’s (RTA) vehicle testing range in Kanchanaburi Province …

  • Defence Notes

    Is the US military beginning to put meat on its Asian bones?

    6th September 2019

    US politicians and senior military figures are effusive in affirming their commitment to partners and hangers-on in the Asia-Pacific region, but question marks always surround …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Podcast: Five Eyes Connectivity - Tactical data links

    26th September 2019

    Welcome to Shephard Studio’s special series on Five Eyes Connectivity, sponsored by our partner Viasat.  Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. In the Five Eyes Connectivity podcast …

  • Naval Warfare

    Erapsco awarded USN sonobuoy contract

    19th August 2019

    An Ultra Electronics and Sparton DeLeon Springs joint venture (JV) has been awarded a contract worth up to $1.04 billion for the manufacture of sonobuoys …

  • Naval Warfare

    Philippines turns to Korea for CMS and new corvettes

    28th August 2019

    The Philippines has selected Hanwha Systems to install an integrated combat management system (CMS) on three former US Coast Guard cutters in service with the …

  • Naval Warfare

    Independence variant LCS in SSMM testing

    30th July 2019

    The US Navy has carried out a successful structural test firing of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) at the Point Mugu …

  • Naval Warfare

    ​China cancels US ship port call amid tensions

    28th August 2019

    China has refused another planned port call by a US warship amid soaring tensions between the Pacific powers on trade, a US official said on …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Support contract awarded for German NH90 fleet

    29th August 2019

    Germany’s NH90 rotorcraft fleet will be supported by a new 10-year contract signed on 28 August between the government and two domestic suppliers. The Federal …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Ship-launched torpedoes

    UMGT-1 torpedo

    The UMGT-1 is a Soviet-designed universal small-sized homing torpedo with a 400 mm caliber, developed for engaging both surface ships and submarines. Its compact size ...

  • Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

    Loki

    Loki is a Ukrainian mini fixed-wing drone designed by the National Association of Ukrainian Defence Industries (NAUDI). The drone is launched from a pneumatic launcher ...

  • Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    Thor

    Thor is a Ukrainian fixed-wing small drone manufactured by the National Association of Ukrainian Defence Industries (NAUDI). Powered by a lithium polymer or lithium-ion battery, ...

  • Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    Ghost

    Developed to be versatile, Ghost is a manoeuvrable, rotary-wing mini-UAV designed for performing ISR missions in urban warfare, observation stakeout missions and covert special operations ...

  • Naval: Combat Management Systems

    SCOMBA

    SCOMBA is a combat management system developed by Navantia for the Spanish Navy. It has been in service with the Spanish Navy since 2010 across ...

  • Sea: procedural training

    IMAT

    DAS supports the development and deployment of the Interactive Multisensor Analysis Training (IMAT) system for the US Navy, used at navy schoolhouse and training centres, ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Switchblade 400

    At AUSA 2025, AeroVironment (AV) unveiled the Switchblade 400, a rocket-launched, medium-range, man-portable loitering munition. AV states the aircrat has been designed to defeat tanks and heavy ...

  • Sea: naval surveillance radar

    Sea Giraffe 4A

    The Sea Giraffe 4A is a medium-to-long-range surveillance radar produced by Swedish manufacturer Saab. The radar is designed to provide automatic and simultaneous air and ...

  • Sea: naval surveillance radar

    Surface Scout

    The Surface Scout is a two-dimensional, medium-range naval surveillance radar manufactured by Thales Netherlands. The radar is designed to automatically detect and track small surface objects in heavy ...

  • Military - USVs

    Marlin

    Marlin is a Turkish uncrewed surface vessel (USV) equipped with electronic warfare and other equipment that has been used on exercises with the Turkish Navy.

  • EO/IR systems, Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems

    SeaFLIR 380-HD

    The SeaFLIR 380-HD is a long-range, multispectral surveillance system for surface vessels. Manufactured by Teledyne FLIR, the system combines HD IR, colour or SWIR spectral information. According to ...

  • Military - USVs

    Bluebottle

    Bluebottle is a persistent, autonomous, uncrewed surface vessel from Ocius Technology in service with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF).

  • Military - USVs

    Sentinel - Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT)

    Sentinel is an autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV) built from the decommissioned HMAS Maitland , a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Armidale-class Patrol Boat.

  • Sea: procedural training

    SEWTT

    The Surface Electronic Warfare Team Trainer (SEWTT) is a software application developed by EWA GSI as a next-generation tactical training application for US Navy surface ...

  • Land: Radio and SATCOM

    JTRS Later Increment Waveforms

    A number of waveforms are scheduled for implementation in later JTRS increments: WNW with low probability of intercept/detection and bandwidth-efficient advanced modulation; SRW with LPI/LPD; ...