Drone umbrellas for all US Navy ships
With the use of drones becoming more prevalent, the US Navy has found a way to ensure all of its surface ships can repel...
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...
New Chinese stealth technology
China's latest non-nuclear submarine, the Type-039C Yuan Class, features a distinctive angled sail. We can now be confident that this is part of a...
The first dismantling of a nuclear carrier
For more than a decade, the US Navy has considered the former Enterprise (CVN-65) no longer operational. In fact, since 2018, the 1,101-foot behemoth...
Upgrade for Hunter-class
BAE Systems used the opening day of the Indo Pacific exhibition in Sydney to unveil a modification to its Hunter-class frigate design, which will...
RAN testing unmanned systems
The Royal Australian Navy has worked with defence industry to test autonomous and uncrewed systems usage in conducting maritime warfare, the Australian Defence Magazine...
Cost benefits of drones on carriers
As drones are becoming an increasingly important element of modern warfare, militaries across the world are experimenting with new ways to integrate unmanned systems...
How to deal with attacks on undersea cables
The UK’s top naval official has admitted NATO nations are struggling to deal with how to address attacks on undersea cables and connectors, because...
Getting private capital to help defence
By Hayley Channer*
With a focus on the defence strategic review and AUKUS, the Australian government is increasingly concerned about how it can mobilise private...
Purpose of unmanned ships queried
By Jonathan Panter*
On March 18, 2021, former Congresswoman Elaine Luria of Virginia criticized the Navy’s then-recently-released Unmanned Campaign Framework as “full of buzzwords and...