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...
The wicked submarine transition problem
By Peter Briggs*
In my previous post, I suggested that Australia has insufficient submarine personnel to start a transition to nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) while...
China says its helicopter is better
China’s domestically developed Z-20 medium-lift utility helicopter has sparked a debate over its originality and effectiveness following an article in state media – Global...
Korean Navy visits Sydney
A Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) cruise training task group arrived in Sydney, Australia on October 30th for a five-day port call. The two-ship...
Marines’ interoperability ambition
A pair of U.S. Marine Corps exercises in the Pacific in October month focused on working side-by-side with allies as the Marines pursue more...
Smuggling vessel goes down
A Royal Navy ship and US Coast Guard boarding team seized more than 400kg of cocaine worth around £24m on Britain’s streets from a...
USS Gerald R Ford hones air operations
With nearly all of Carrier Air Wing 8 is embarked aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford for its initial deployment, the pilots and...
US changes submarine training
The U.S. Navy has combined two undersea warfare courses that pit two platforms against each other, according to the commander of Naval Submarine Forces,...
New lithium-ion batteries for submarines
At Euronaval 2022, in one of the full immersion dark rooms on the Naval Group stand, the company presented its new lithium-ion battery for...