Japan's first submarine to be powered by lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries will be commissioned in March 2020, doing away with lead-acid batteries and a Stirling air-independent …
A new lightweight torpedo being developed by Saab for the Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) will be integrated onto its future submarines. Dubbed Torpedo 47, it will replace …
11th January 2017
Australia’s $50 billion Future Submarine programme remains on track to deliver the first boat to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for operational test and evaluation …
11th January 2017
This year the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) commemorates 20 years of submarine operations as it anticipates the arrival of two new ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems …
11th January 2017
China is believed to be expanding an underwater sensor network, which was established beginning from October 2014, in the Western Pacific to better suit its …
11th January 2017
The Royal Malaysian Navy is due to start the overhaul of its second Scorpene-class submarine KD Tun Razak in June. This means that the RMN will …
11th January 2017
China commissioned a fifth Wozang-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) on 29 December 2016, the type distinguished by the fact that it is designed to operate …
28th December 2016
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has developed a new ‘Autonomy in a Box’ system designed to dramatically reduce the level …
20th December 2016
On 20 December China quietly returned the US Navy's UUV that it had brazenly seized five days earlier in the South China Sea. The platform …
9th December 2016
Boeing is set to acquire Liquid Robotics, with the companies entering into an agreement for the sale, Boeing announced on 6 December. Liquid Robotics is …
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