Ghost Shark: unmanned and under water
Anduril Industries and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) announced that the Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (XLUUV) will be named "Ghost Shark".
The company previously...
UK Sea Kings headed to Ukraine
The British Ministry of Defence has announced it will send helicopters to Ukraine for the first time since the war began, military.com reports.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it will...
Royal Navy warships to receive Harpoon replacement from 2023
The Royal Navy will replace the venerable Harpoon anti-ship missile with the Norwegian Naval Strike Missile. The new missile has a range of more...
US Navy analysis confirms Iranian link to drone attack
A US Navy lab in Bahrain has confirmed Iran’s connection to a Nov. 15 aerial drone attack on the Israeli-owned and Liberian-flagged tanker transiting...
Boeing improves torpedo launching
A Boeing-made capability enables Poseidon to launch torpedoes from higher altitudes and longer distances.
The all-weather HAAWC enables the Boeing P-8A Poseidon to deploy MK...
Idea for RN to send ‘bubbles’ to Pacific
The Royal Navy should “export” anti-access/anti-denial (A2/AD) “bubbles” to regional partners in the Indo-Pacific so it can operate effectively there, while maintaining commitments in...
Ukraine: the naval war drones on
By Alessio Patalano*
This month (Nov 2022) the naval war in Ukraine came back to international attention. In a theatre that first defined by the...
German frigate uses lasers to down drones
The German frigate Sachsen has successfully engaged drones at short and very short range with a laser weapon system developed by Rheinmetall and MBDA...
600 RAM missiles for German fleet approved
The budget committee of the Bundestag (the German parliament) has approved the procurement of 600 RAM Block 2B missiles for the German Navy fleet,...
Very thin cable to do the ASW trick
On its stand at Euronaval, Thales was displaying a suite of solutions to detect with, connect to and effect against unmanned systems. On the...