New US naval reactors director
The US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint Department of Navy and Department of Energy organisation responsible for all aspects of the US Navy’s...
Russia launches new frigate
The frigate Admiral Golovko has been handed over to the Russian Navy. It is the most modern surface ship in the Russian Navy, has...
How to stop acoustic aggression
Soviet warships regularly sparred with Western navies during the Cold War years, conducting close-in ship-to-ship manoeuvres and pointing lasers against their foreign opponents at...
Chinese task group completes 1600th escort task
On 4 December the 45th Chinese naval escort taskforce deployed to the Gulf of Aden escorted the Portuguese heavy-lift cargo ship UHL Fighter and...
UK decides to keep ID on ships
A recent decision by the French navy to remove pennant numbers and names from some of its vessels, effectively anonymising them, has prompted a...
RNZN to trial uncrewed, renewable-powered vessel
On 4 December the RNZN announced it will soon take delivery of a 6.8-metre renewable-powered Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) to trial on a short-term...
Hunter class passes design stage
BAE Systems’ Hunter Class Frigate Program has successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The review, which started in July, is a technical assessment...
Gulf of Aden tanker seizure foiled
On 26 November a combined naval effort between multiple nations thwarted an attempted seizure of an oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden. The...
A century of nuclear dismantling
A senior US Navy official has confirmed the existence of a new office focused on nuclear carrier inactivation and dismantlement, as first reported by...
Beefing up the Hunter class
BAE Systems recently unveiled a proposal to add additional VLS cells to the Hunter class frigates being built for the Royal Australian Navy, Naval...