Mini sonar for underwater drones
French defense-electronics firm Thales has developed a miniaturized sonar that can equip underwater drones to detect submarines.
The new system brings a “dramatic reduction” in...
Australia’s undersea cable vulnerability
By Jocelinn Kang*
Google is laying new submarine cables along Australia’s northern and western approaches. The routes will link to a planned Google AI data...
China’s new navigation edge
By William McDowall*
A critical gap is emerging. China is publishing aggressively on satellite-independent navigation—bee-style path integration, salmon-like magnetic sensing and bio-hybrid drones. Yet the...
Hybrid attack a world first
By Clive Williams*
The reported strike on a Russian Kilo-class submarine alongside in a Black Sea naval base is best understood not as a fully...
UK moves to secure Atlantic against Russia
The UK has unveiled work on its groundbreaking Atlantic Bastion programme, which will make Britain more secure from Russian undersea threats in the North...
Japan moves to nuclear-powered submarines
As geopolitical tensions escalate in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan is emerging as a formidable contender in underwater naval power, Mondial News reports. Once restrained...
Threat of large trans-Pacific drones
The vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, over 5,000 nautical miles across, protects the West Coast of the United States against Chinese naval forces...
CN stresses importance of undersea cables
The Australian island continent depends heavily on data and communications made possible by undersea cables, but Australia lacks the law, policy and capability to...
Towed sonar changes submarine hunting
Towed array sonar is a sinuous cable of hydrophones trailed astern of warships and submarines, a technology that has taken ASW from speculative hunting...
Australia’s underwater wi-fi research
Proteus Maritime and Edith Cowan University have joined forces to create an undersea mesh system to transform defence communication, Australian Defence Magazine reports.
“Congratulations to...