UAE’s large diver-delivery contract
UAE based Armacraft, a developer and builder of composite patrol vessels, have signed a substantial order for its new Trident (submersible high-speed diver delivery...
Does RAN need Tomahawk missiles?
By Marcus Hellyer*
The Department of Defence appears to be in the early stages of identifying a ship-launched land-attack missile for acquisition. The government assessed...
Contract for RN drone jammer awarded
The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £2 million contract to Kirintec to fill an urgent capability requirement to provide counter-unmanned air system (C-UAS)...
RN drones in anti-smuggling drive
Drones could play a 'key role' in tracking drug runners and smugglers after successful trials with the Navy's newest class of ships in the...
Unmanned vessels doing dull, dirty and dangerous
A longstanding slogan for the best use of unmanned systems is to perform “dull, dirty and dangerous” missions instead of humans, the US Naval...
$1bn for new naval guided missiles
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced today (25 January 2021) a $1 billion development of advanced guided weapons for the Royal Australian Navy.
She said the investment...
Russian n-sub tests ICBMs
A Russian nuclear submarine on Saturday successfully test-fired four intercontinental ballistic missiles in a show of readiness of Moscow’s nuclear forces amid tension with...
Aerial drones from subs to sink ships
The name of the game in the Pacific is stand-off range. But with longer range torpedoes and anti-ship missiles in the arsenal, submariners are...
N Korea ‘training dolphins for military use’
Evidence is emerging that the North Korean regime is training dolphins for military purposes, according to new satellite imagery, the US Naval Institute News...
Hypersonic weapons coming to US subs
The Navy is on track to field a hypersonic strike weapon on submarines by 2025, the head of the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs said...