Naval Warfare

BlueWhale - A True Submarine Force Multiplier

26th March 2024

The seventh annual REPMUS* and Dynamic Messenger naval exercises, organized and led by the Portuguese Navy and NATO, were held over a three-week period in September 2023.

Land Warfare

Khronos UAS integrated with Mission Master UGV for on-the-move ISR system

16th January 2024

Combining Mission Master, a large UGV which is already in service, and Khronos, a tethered drone system unveiled just two months ago, would offer a remote tower observation capability and reconnaissance on the move.

Naval Warfare

Kuwait set to get Double Eagle underwater UV

12th December 2023

The Double Eagle, a remotely operated vehicle/autonomous underwater vehicle hybrid platform, has been designed to assist MCM operations. As a modular system, it can be reconfigured to suit different roles, including mine reconnaissance and mine disposal.

Naval Warfare

Portugal contracts Damen for multi-purpose vessel designed for integrated uncrewed air and sea systems

27th November 2023

The new ship’s primary roles will be search and rescue, emergency relief and oceanic research but will also be used for naval support operations and maritime safety.

Corvettes, OPVs

Multifunction Modular Ships Procurement [Lithuania]

Programme Background Timeline The Baltic republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (3B) plan to continue developing their respective navies, regarding them as essential elements in the ...

Minehunters

Mine Countermeasure Vessel [India]

Programme Background Requirements In August 2023, the Indian MoD issued a new Request for Information (RfI) for the procurement of 12 Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Vessels. The ...

Minehunters

Mine Countermeasures Platforms (1-11) [Germany]

Programme Background Requirements According to German media outlets, in 2018, Germany started the process for the acquisition of 11 new minehunters to bolster the current Type ...

Landing platform docks/dock landing ships, Sealift/replenishment vessels

Escotillón IV project (1-2) [Chile]

Programme Background Requirements The Chilean Escotillón IV project will modernise the navy’s amphibious transportation capabilities with four new vessels. These ships will replace the Chilean ...

Military UAS - tactical

Skeldar V-200 Belgian Navy

Programme Background For the joint MCM programme between Belgium and the Netherlands, the Dutch Ministry of Defence issued a notice calling for information regarding the ...

Minehunters

Tripartite Class Replacement Programme [Belgium]

Programme Background A joint Dutch-Belgian procurement programme is procuring 12 new Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMV) to replace the ageing Tripartite-class MCM, which are due to ...

Military - USVs, Military - UUVs, Minehunters

P6359 Future Naval Mine Countermeasures system (NMCM) [Norway]

Programme Background Requirements Norway's current inventory of mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels consists of two Oksøy-class mine hunting vessels and two Atla-class mine sweeping vessels with a ...

Minehunters

Kormoran II Class MCM (1-3) (Poland)

Programme Background The Kormoran II-class is to consist of three minehunters  for the Polish Navy. The class are part of a long term effort to enhance the ...

Minehunters

Project SEA 1905 - MMCMMS [Australia]

Programme Background Requirements Australia is looking to acquire up to eight new advanced mine countermeasures/hydrographic survey vessels under the Project SEA 1905 Maritime Mine Countermeasures ...

Minehunters

MCM and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) programme

There is no undiminished threat from mines and underwater improvised explosive devices (UWIEDs) yet financial pressures have seen the UK Royal Navy's MCMV force halves ...

Frigates

Type 32 [UK]

Programme Background Requirements The UK Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, has said work on the new programme will not begin until the mid-2020s. ...

Minehunters

El Kasseh Class

Programme Background Timeline An order was placed with the Italian company Intermarine, a subsidiary of the Immsi S.p.A industrial group, for El Kasseh 1 back in 2014, ...

Minehunters

MCMV 47

The original plan for the Brazilian Navy to acquire two new mine countermeasures vessels to replace the aging Aratu-class vessels which were delivered from Germany ...

Minehunters

Al Jawf Class Replacement [Saudi Arabia]

Programme Background Requirements The Royal Saudi Navy urges the replacement of three Al Jawf-class minehunters. Based on the Sandown-class design, the ships entered service in the ...

Military UAS - tactical

Skeldar V-200 Dutch Navy

Programme Background The Dutch Ministry of Defence issued a notice calling for information regarding the potential acquisition of a vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial ...

OPVs

OPV 1800 Sea Axe

Damen unveiled its 'second-generation' OPV design during the 2015 OPVs and Corvettes Asia Pacific conference in Singapore. The re-configurable OPV uses the Sea Axe hull ...

Military - UUVs

AUV62-MR

The AUV62-MR is an autonomous UUV designed to perform long-term mine reconnaissance missions. Deliberately designed to resemble the Heavyweight Torpedo (HWT), the system can be ...

Military - USVs

Venus

The Venus USV is a modular platform designed to meet the demand for the growing interest in reconfigurable USVs for multi-missions. The Venus family includes ...

Minehunters

Avenger Class

The first Avenger-class minehunter entered service in 1985, with the last of the 14 ordered commissioned in 1994. The ships use Orbital ATK's AN/SLQ-48 remotely ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Sky Guard SG-03

Saudi Arabia’s tactical Sky Guard SG-03 was developed by Prince Sultan Advanced Technology Research Institute (PSATRI) – an R&D; organisation that supports the Royal Saudi ...

Minehunters

10750E

The Project 10750E inshore mine countermeasures ship is designed for operations in depths to 100m, in particular areas such as ports, harbours, naval bases and ...

Military - USVs

ARCIMS

The Atlas Remote Combined Influence Minesweeping System (ARCIMS) is an MCM USV platform. It is capable of being deployed and operated from the shore, a ...

Military - USVs, Military - UUVs

UMIS

UMIS (Unmanned MCM Information System), unveiled at Euronaval 2016, uses a collaborative system of surface and underwater robots. The UMIS MCM deploys AUVs carrying the ...

Minehunters

Venari 85

In 2017, BMT Defence Services launched the Venari 85, a new concept for a mine countermeasure (MCM) vessel. BMT teamed up with QinetiQ to develop a vessel ...

Air: helicopter flight simulators

Apache Longbow Training System

The Longbow Crew Trainer is the centrepiece of Boeing’s AH-64 Apache training. Pilots and other personnel use the high-fidelity flight simulator to practice aircraft procedures ...

IMCMS

Integrated Mine Countermeasures System (IMCMS) is a sea-proven device designed for MCM operations against modern mines in all waters. It covers mine warfare, including sweeping, ...

Minehunters

El Kasseh Class

The El Kasseh-class mine countermeasure (MCM) vessels in service with the Algerian Navy are based on the Italian Navy's Lerici- and Gaeta-class MCM vessels. Intermarine built the vessels ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

I N Sky

The Indela I N Sky is a large, trailer-transported VTOL UAV for tactical reconnaissance and surveillance, which has a four-person crew and is controlled from ...

Military - USVs

SAM 3

The SAM 3 is a USV used to influence minesweeping in confined and shallow waters. The SAM 3 can be remote-controlled from both ship and ...

Military - UUVs

A9-M

The A9 is a light, man-portable AUV, enabling deployment from small craft and in shallow water as a hand-launched vehicle. This AUV embeds the latest ...