Ships

US Navy’s hypersonic launcher progresses

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Lockheed Martin will have a ship-based hypersonic missile launcher ready for flight tests next year, the company said, as part of the development work...

Australian company supplying metal printing to US Navy

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Australian company AML3D is supplying the US Department of Defence (US DoD) its industrial 3D metal printing technology to help scale up parts supply...

Ship-builders look to 3D printing

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The aircraft carrier construction team at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding faced a key deadline in March 2022. The team was on the hook to move...

Maiden landing of fighter on board INS Vikrant

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On 6 February 2023  a LCA (Navy) and a MiF-29K fighter aircraft landed on and took off from India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant for the first...

Zero-emission container vessel on the way

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Marine battery manufacturer AYK Energy is reinforcing its position as one of the sector’s prime innovators after signing a new deal with Holland Shipyards...

New generation of Chinese frigates

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China is building its next-generation frigate with a design indicative of increased global deployments and features to match the latest US naval combatants, Asia...

RN gets anti-mine drone-support vessel

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The RN has bought a ship for £40m to launch and support underwater drones which will find and destroy sea mines. The yet to...

Crisis in tanker capacity

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By Stephen M. Carmel* The Department of Defense is projected to need on the order of one hundred tankers of various sizes in the event...

India commissions 5th Kalvari Class submarine 

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The Indian Navy commissioned its fifth Kalvari Class submarine, the INS Vagir  (Sand Shark) at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on 23 January. The Kalvari class...

Trouble staffing the US Coast Guard

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By Jasper Campbell and James Martin* As the U.S. Coast Guard undergoes a period of “prolific” acquisitions, the service must resolve a lurking specter: How...