Naval Warfare

Royal Navy welcomes mine-hunting mothership

15th April 2024

RFA Stirling Castle, a 6,000-tonne vessel, will start operations later this year.

Training

First ARTEMIS F-5 arrives in US for training programme

12th April 2024

The Avionics Reconfiguration and Tactical Enhancement/Modernization for Inventory Standardization (ARTEMIS) programme has involved upgraded cockpit, avionics and supporting aircraft architecture. A total of 22 additional F-5s were procured from Switzerland to support ARTEMIS.

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) [USA]

Programme Background Programme Goal The Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) programme stems from the Military Sealift Command and Fleet Forces Command identifying, in 2018, a ...

Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

Enhanced Sealift Capability [New Zealand]

Programme Background Requirements The ship will be able to carry more people, stores and equipment. It will include a docking well, allowing the ship to ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPVs) [India]

Programme Background Requirements The units will perform multi-role support functions such as maritime surveillance& patrol, launching/recovery of torpedoes and operation of various types of aerial, ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB)

Programme Background The Lewis B Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) vessels are also known as being part of the Montford Point-class as they were originally ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

AAV7A1 RAM/RS (Japan - 2nd Batch)

Programme Background The Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) has procured the AAV7A1 RAM/RS to equip its Amphibious Assault Brigade formed in 2018. Tasked with ...

Military helicopters - attack

Mi-28UB - Russia

Programme BackgroundThe Russian MoD plans to acquire up to 60 Mi-28UB aircraft for the Russian Air Force by mid-2020s. Moscow signed a contract with Russian Helicopters ...

Military UAS - MALE

Anka-B - Turkey

Programme Background The Anka is a MALE UAV used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The system is able to perform day and night in all ...

Military helicopters - attack

Mi-28UB - Russia Forecast

Programme Background The Russian MoD plans to acquire up to 60 Mi-28UB aircraft for the Russian Air Force by mid-2020s. Moscow signed a contract with Russian ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE

MQ-4 Triton (Announced/Contracted) [USA]

Programme Background Requirement The MQ-4C Triton programme, developed under the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) programme, required an uncrewed system to provide persistent real-time intelligence, surveillance ...

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

CH-53K (Israel)

Programme Background The Israeli Air Force (IAF) plans to buy around 18 heavy-lift helicopters to form a squadron that replaces its current CH-53 Yasur helicopters that ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) (Increment 1) [USMC]

Programme Background All-in-One UAV Since 2016, the USMC has wished to acquire a UAV that could be deployed from a vessel, be used for various missions, ...

Destroyers

Next-Generation Large Surface Combatants (LSC) - DDG(X)

Programme Background Requirements The US Navy (USN) is acknowledging a need to move away from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer design, which is slowly outgrowing. Flight III ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Bayraktar TB2 (Turkey)

Programme Background  Selection The Turkish Armed Forces are purchasing large numbers of UAVs from Turkey's domestic defence industry to perform ISTAR missions and provide troops ...

Tiltrotors

V-22 Osprey (USN)

Programme Background Requirement According to USN FY2023 Budget Estimate documentation, the V-22 programme provides an aircraft to meet the amphibious and vertical assault needs of ...

APCs/IFVs - 8x8

Cobra IFV (Contracted)

It is unclear how many different variants of the Cobra have been ordered by the TNI-AD, but it is thought that the majority of the ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Gordon Class LMSR

The Gordon Class Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships (LMSRs) are operated by the US Navys Military Sealift Command. The two ships-in-class are conversions of existing commercial ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Shughart Class LMSR

The Shughart Class Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships (LMSRs) are operated by the US Navys Military Sealift Command. The two ships-in-class are conversions of existing commercial ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Montford Point Class ESD

General Dynamics NASSCO laid the keel for the USN’s first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), USNS Montford Point, on 19 January 2012. The USN accepted delivery ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Safeguard Class

The Safeguard class consists of two rescue and salvage ships operated by the US Military Sealift Command. The vessels primary use is to render assistance ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Watson Class LMSR

USN Military Sealift Command’s Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships (LMSR) programme significantly expanded US sealift capability in recent years. The Watson-class LMSRs are prepositioned to quickly ...

Helicopter guns

RGS (AWG-35)

The RGS (AWG-35) fulfils the USMC requirement for an Interim Defensive Weapon System for the MV-22 tiltrotor. Armed with a three-barrel 7.62mm GAU-7 minigun, the ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Henry J. Kaiser Class

The Henry J. Kaiser-class consists of 15 fleet replenishment oilers which are operated by Military Sealift Command (MSC). The vessels provide underway replenishment of fuel ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Bob Hope Class LMSR

The Bob Hope Class consists of seven USN Military Sealift Command’s Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships (LMSR). The programme significantly expanded US sealift capability from the ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Supply Class AOE

The Supply-class consists of four fast combat support ships (AOE), which are operated by the US Navy's Military Sealift Command and designed as a multi-product ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Powhatan Class

The Powhatan class is a fleet of three ocean tugs in the US Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet. They are based on commercial offshore supply ...

ISR/special mission

IL-22

The IL-22 Bison (NATO reporting name Coot-B), also known as IL-18D-36, is a special mission aircraft designed as an airborne command post for the Soviet Air Force.  ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Lewis and Clark-class T-AKE

The Lewis and Clark-class of dry cargo/ammunition ships (T-AKE) are operated by USN Military Sealift Command to provide multi-product combat logistics support. They were built ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Lewis B Puller Class ESB

The USN's Expeditionary Sea Base (T-ESB) programme, known as the Afloat Forward Staging Base until September 2015, is a derivative of the Montford Point-class Expeditionary ...

Air: air combat simulators

Air Combat Training

Boeing has experience in delivering training for fixed-wing air combat platforms including F-15C/E, F-16, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, F-22 and MV/CV-22.

Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

Makassar Class

The Makassar-class LPD was developed in response to Indonesia’s urgent need for an amphibious transport capability following the 2004 Tsunami disaster. The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) ...