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...
Students design UAV to target undersea threats
By Keith Joiner, Georgia Warren1, Andrew Truslove1, Quinn Graco,1, Matthew Erickson, Nicholas Lawson2
The proliferation of advanced submarines and maritime surface surveillance challenges Western deterrence...
Remains of submersible Titan recovered
The Coast Guard has recovered remaining debris, including presumed human remains, from a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the...
RN prepares for sea-bed warfare platform
The UK Royal Navy (RN) is preparing to commission and operate the future RFA Proteus, the first of two planned Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships...
3D printing of part for nuclear sub
A crewed submarine is, at its most elemental level, a machine designed to preserve a bubble of air underwater and keep the rest of...
China leading in key research areas
By Jenny Wong-Leung and Dannielle Pilgrim*
China’s research in several advanced sensor technologies vital to military navigation and targeting is overwhelmingly ahead of the three...
Tumult in the deep: vulnerable infrastructure
By Tim McGeehan*
In late 2008, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sorties flown from Balad Air Force Base in Iraq dropped from 100s of sorties per...
$328m contract for tracking capability
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract valued up to $328 million, to deliver new Maritime Underwater Tracking Ranges (MUTR) for the Royal Australian...
Role of robotic ‘dogs’ to quell danger
In 2020, a fire broke out on the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard as it underwent maintenance in San Diego, causing catastrophic damage before...