China delivers subs to Bangladesh. Intentions?
By Gurpreet S. Khurana*
ON 14 November 2016, the Bangladesh Navy (BN) took delivery of two old refurbished Chinese Type 035G Ming-class diesel-electric submarines. As...
Is 2017 the breakthrough year for unmanned vessels?
Autonomy is largely seen as the next big disruptor in the maritime world. So, is 2017 the year in which unmanned vessels really begin...
US Navy looking at green energy for operations
THE new, high-tech gear, equipment, vehicles and weapons systems the Marine Corps wants for the future force require more batteries and fuel than what Marines had a decade ago, so it is looking at other sources of energy, the US Naval Institute reports. Anti-ship missile threat: are we ready?
Michael Milburn examines the effectiveness of current ship self-defense capabilities on U.S. Coast Guard cutters within the context of expanded roles in the maritime domain and proposes proposes solutions to current gaps in capability and presents a high level cost-benefit analysis to the proposal. Huge new US naval dry dock
A FLOATING dry dock that’s big enough to hold any warship other than an aircraft carrier arrived at BAE Systems in Barrio Logan on...
Danes to help Aussie naval ship-building
The Australian federal government is turning to Denmark's Odense Maritime Technologies A/S (OMT) to help it get its naval shipbuilding program on track.
OMT was...
Contracted vessel operator to support, maintain, crew and operate the MATV.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is seeking to establish an arrangement for three (3) years with two options of one (1) year extensions for...
World naval developments Nov 2016
Norman Friedman look as the terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system in his monthly Naval Development series. ‘Subs, destroyers and amphibs’ to make up 350-ship goal
The Navy would prioritize increasing the production rate of existing ship classes and inserting new capabilities into mature hull designs as a way to...
Navy LADS Dash 8 deploys to New Zealand
The Royal Australian Navy’s only fixed-wing aircraft, its contractor-operated Dash 8 Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) platform is due to arrive in New Zealand...