RN upgrades anti-sub weapons
The Sting Ray lightweight anti-submarine torpedo, the RN’s primary ASW weapon, is being upgraded to Mod 2 standard, Navy Lookout reports.
BAE Systems will undertake...
New sub-launched Exocet developed
European defense contractor MBDA has developed a new submarine-launched missile designed to strike heavily protected naval vessels and stealthy targets. The French-built missile, dubbed...
RAN meeting the drone threat
nformed by recent conflicts in the Red and Black Seas, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is seeking new capabilities for its inventory of Mk45...
Australian guided weapons & explosive ordnance plan
On 30 October the Australian Government has unveiled its blueprint to rapidly deliver missile manufacturing in Australia and accelerate the acquisition of long-range strike...
$7bn RAN missile buy
On 22 October it was announced by the Australian Government it will bolster RAN’s air and missile defence under a $7 billion agreement with...
US first in at-sea weapons resupply
The US Navy resupplied a warship’s weapons at sea for the first time last week – providing what Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro called...
Canadian warship rearmed in Broome
The Australian Defence Force has rearmed the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate, HMCS Vancouver, during the first rearmament of its kind to occur in...
AUKUS changing AI weapons-development game
A collaborative, AI-powered effort to hunt enemy submarines shows that AUKUS is working, U.S. defense officials said before the meeting of the U.S., UK,...
Three navies top up missiles in the north
On 25 September it was announced that in a first, warships from the Australia, Canada and the US were ammunitioned with vertical launched Evolved...
UK ship’s powerful missile
The Mk 45 Mod 4A Medium Calibre Gun on HMS Glasgow, the first Type 26 frigate, is capable of firing 5-inch shells weighing up...