Submarines

Conventional and remote/autonomous subsurface vessels

Ghost Shark: unmanned and under water

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Anduril Industries and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) announced that the Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (XLUUV) will be named "Ghost Shark".   The company previously...

Royal Navy orders ‘crewless’ submarine

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On 1 December the Royal Navy today ordered its first ‘crewless’ submarine. In two years the Cetus, named after a mythological sea monster, will...

Netherlands’ submarines: next step

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The Dutch "Walrus-class submarine replacement program" reached a new milestone today: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) of the Netherlands submitted the request for quotation...

Russian Navy Commissions Project 636.3 Submarine ‘Ufa’

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On November 16, 2022, Russian Navy commissioned the newest Project 636.3 (Improved Kilo-class) submarine "Ufa" (P-588) with a ceremony held in Admiralty Shipyards facilities...

US ponders extending Ohio class

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The US Navy could extend the service life of five Ohio-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) to ease the transition to the first Columbia-class...

Korean company details Indon Sub delays

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President of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) Park Doo-seon revealed new details about the delayed submarine contract between the company and Indonesia during...

The wicked submarine transition problem

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By Peter Briggs* In my previous post, I suggested that Australia has insufficient submarine personnel to start a transition to nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) while...

US changes submarine training

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The U.S. Navy has combined two undersea warfare courses that pit two platforms against each other, according to the commander of Naval Submarine Forces,...

New lithium-ion batteries for submarines

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At Euronaval 2022, in one of the full immersion dark rooms on the Naval Group stand, the company presented its new lithium-ion battery for...

Time to plan for N-subs east coast base

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By Nick Tate and Louisa Minney* A decision on the location of a new east coast base to support the operations of nuclear-powered submarines is...