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News - Surface Navy Association

  • Naval Warfare

    Opinion: Royal Navy sailing to stronger waters?

    9th May 2018

    In late 2017 the UK Royal Navy (RN) seemed to be in a difficult place. Wracked by funding challenges threatening enormous cuts, and unable to …

  • Training

    Royal Navy concludes Information Warrior 2018

    9th May 2018

    The Royal Navy has concluded a three-week exercise, Information Warrior 2018, focused on exploring the adoption of emerging technologies to secure the information advantage at …

  • Naval Warfare

    Spain's navy wants role in post-Brexit European defence

    29th April 2018

    With naval power Britain at the EU's exit door, Spain has gone on the offensive to be the next major player defending European shores. Madrid's …

  • Naval Warfare

    HII starts DDG 125 build

    9th May 2018

    Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has begun fabrication of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Jack H Lucas (DDG 125) with the cutting of the first …

  • Naval Warfare

    Russian presence near UK waters increases ‘tenfold’

    24th May 2018

    Despite the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) typically keeping mum on Russian activity near UK territorial waters the secretary of state for defence Gavin Williamson …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Guardian begins demo flights in Japan

    10th May 2018

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has begun demonstration flights of the Guardian UAS on Iki Island in Japan, the company announced on 9 May. Intended …

  • Military Logistics

    USN looks to new logistics auxiliary platforms

    9th May 2018

    In an effort to optimize its future fleet logistics platforms, the US Navy (USN) is exploring the concept of a common hull, multi-mission auxiliary ship …

  • Training

    ITEC 2018: ANG to acquire PRISim Suite PortableTrainers

    10th May 2018

    Cubic Global Defense (CGD), in partnership with Federal Resources, has been awarded a contract to supply the US Air National Guard (ANG) with 95 L750 …

  • Training

    ITEC 2018: FlightSafety wins prestigious USN TH-57 contract

    18th May 2018

    FlightSafety Services Corporation has been awarded the US Navy’s TH-57 Contracted Instructional Service (CIS) programme for the TH-57 Sea Ranger training helicopter by the Orlando-based …

  • Defence Helicopter

    BAE Systems receives order for APKWS

    10th May 2018

    BAE Systems has received a $175 million contract from the US Navy to deliver more than 7,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rockets, …

  • Naval Warfare

    Astute move as seventh boat to become Agincourt

    14th May 2018

    The seventh and last in class of Astute SSN submarines will be named Agincourt it has been revealed, following a £1.5 billion ($2 billion) contract …

  • Special Operations

    SOFIC 2018: RAND report looks into AFSOC recruit pass rates

    21st May 2018

    The RAND Corporation has published a series of conclusions in support of the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), designed to increase pass rates …

  • Defence Helicopter

    India issues Ka-226T RfP, scorns competitive process

    18th May 2018

    India’s MoD issued an RfP earlier in May for the 200 Kamov Ka-226T helicopters that it plans to buy to replace geriatric light utility platforms …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Germany acquires Puma UAS

    9th May 2018

    The German Navy has acquired AeroVironment’s Puma UAS with Mantis i45 sensor, AeroVironment announced on 7 May. AeroVironment partnered with Germany's ESG to fulfill the …

  • Naval Warfare

    Hanoi demands Beijing withdraw missiles from disputed islands

    9th May 2018

    Hanoi has demanded Beijing remove military equipment from contested islands in the South China Sea, saying reported missile installations are a ‘serious violation’ of Vietnam's …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Air-launched ASW torpedoes, 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 ...

  • Surface-to-air missiles

    SM-2 Block IIIC/Block IIICU

    The SM-2 Block IIIC and Block IIICU are medium-range, surface-to-air missiles with active radio frequency seekers. Both missiles are modifications to legacy SM-2 Block III/IIIA/IIIB ...

  • Air-to-surface missiles

    AGM-179 JAGM

    The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), designated as AGM-179, is a precision-guided, air-to-surface weapon developed by Lockheed Martin to replace the AGM-114 Hellfire, BGM-71 TOW, and ...

  • 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: 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 ...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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; ...

  • 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

    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 ...