US seeking carrier-based drones
The U.S. Navy is looking for a family of carrier-based drones that can fulfill a variety of missions, according to a July 14 Request...
US shipbuilding workforce shortage
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the U.S. has fallen dangerously behind on shipbuilding, creating a massive shortage of skilled workers—and a lucrative...
US uses uncrewed vessels in Iran attack
Three Saronic Corsair unmanned surface vessels (USV) attacked a laid up Iranian midget submarine in a first of its kind operation by American forces...
SeaTransport in successful beach landing
SeaTransport's 73m Matilda 1, an Australian-designed stern landing vessel (SLV) under lease to support the US Marine Corps (USMC), has successfully undertaken beach landing...
Canada’s quiet and non-magnetic submarines
Movies taught everybody how submarines get caught: one boat pings, everyone listens, and the quietest crew wins. That part is real. But sound is...
Falklands flare up shows vunerability
A lightly-armed Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel completing a routine passage to a Chilean port raised Anglo-Argentine tensions, which have been magnified by a...
Performance is not endurance
By Captains Al Collins and Kevin Eyer*
Recent naval operations in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated that the United States...
Can ASEAN use 2016 South China Sea ruling
By Maxine Nazaree Co*
As maritime coercion in the South China Sea becomes ever more routine, Southeast Asian governments have focused on managing tensions while...
Saving WWI submarine hunter
A conservation society in the United Kingdom is hoping to save one of the last surviving Royal Navy warships that played a role in...
UK’s reasons for cancelling T83 destroyers
The UK Ministry of Defence has set out its thinking behind cancelling the Type 83 destroyer, saying the classified analysis that shaped the decision...