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News - Surface Navy Association

  • Digital Battlespace

    France aims for air-to-ground precision

    11th January 2017

    The French DGA has awarded Safran a contract for the provision of guidance kits for its air-launched bombs. Under the contract, awarded on 29 December, …

  • Defence Notes

    China’s security White Paper ignores Taiwan

    16th January 2017

    In the latest edition of China’s White Paper, ‘China’s Policies on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation,’ Taiwan is as conspicuously invisible as the Cheshire Cat. Released by …

  • Military Logistics

    BAE Systems sells SF ship repair business

    3rd January 2017

    The sale of BAE Systems’ San Francisco ship repair business to Puglia Engineering is now complete, the company announced on 2 January. Puglia Engineering, based …

  • Defence Helicopter

    The Year Ahead: Military helicopter market

    4th January 2017

    Recent global events have starkly cast the reduction in military spending across the Western world in the past six or seven years in a fresh …

  • Naval Warfare

    Germany upgrades minehunting vessels

    30th December 2016

    Atlas Elektronik will modernise three minehunting vessels of the German Navy under an order announced on 21 December. The contract, signed with the Federal Office …

  • Training

    Royal Navy invests in reservist facility

    9th December 2016

    The UK Royal Navy has announced an investment of £11million in a new facility for reservists to be built in Cardiff Bay, Wales. The investment …

  • Digital Battlespace

    US Army awards AFATDS 7.0 contract

    6th January 2017

    The US Army has announced contract award for its Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) 7.0 programme, which will modernise its fires command and …

  • Military Logistics

    SEA to support Royal Navy sonars

    13th December 2016

    The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a two year contract worth £1 million to Cohort subsidiary SEA to provide technical support for a …

  • Land Warfare

    The year ahead: ROW land procurement

    5th January 2017

    Outside of the Americas and Europe, for land procurement there are some highlights to look out for in 2017, despite the fact there are fewer …

  • Defence Helicopter

    The year ahead: The Asia-Pacific region

    5th January 2017

    Within the Asia-Pacific region the year just passed was pretty much dominated by the machinations of one country – China – and there is little …

  • Naval Warfare

    Ukraine receives two Gyurza-M-class boats

    28th December 2016

    The Ukrainian Navy recently commissioned its first two Project 58155 Gyurza-M-class armoured artillery boats.  The Ukrainian Navy Commander-in-Chief, VADM Igor Voronchenko, said during the commissioning …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Raytheon to produce LLC 7M encryptor

    22nd December 2016

    Raytheon will produce next-generation encryption devices to protect military tactical data transmissions under a $32 million contract announced on 21 December. The system to be …

  • Defence Notes

    Analysis: Saudi Arabia - A close customer (part 3 - maritime)

    18th December 2016

    We come to the last part on Saudi Arabia's defence relationship with the West, the maritime domain. This is less high profile than the land …

  • Naval Warfare

    HMS Shoreham completes refurb

    28th December 2016

    Extensive refurbishment and maintenance work has now completed on the Royal Navy’s HMS Shoreham minehunter vessel, Babcock announced on 22 December. Babcock is responsible for …

  • Land Warfare

    Laser gun aims for non-lethality

    5th January 2017

    A new non-lethal portable laser system called the Laser for Deterrence and Interception is expected to get a customer within months. Produced by French company …

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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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: 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 ...

  • 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; ...