Bigger Italian troop ships
The Italian Navy is planning new ship purchases to push its on-board accommodation for amphibious landing force staff and troops to 1,700, officials have...
Reforming force development
By Dmitry Filipoff*
Force development is the process of investigating the future of warfighting and aligning the preparations of a military along the lines of...
Navies need more than technology
In this Navy Lookout article, Emma Salisbury takes an overview of the new technologies the RN is striving to embrace while considering the deeper...
DSR: the good and the bad
By Paul Dibb and Richard Brabin-Smith*
The central guidance in the defence strategic review is the introduction of the concept of deterrence by denial. (Australian...
Security element to illegal fishing
By Melissa Conley Tyler, Michael Heazle, Jade Lindley, and Sharon Cowden*
Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) is key to the integrity of the...
What progress on naval electrification
In this Q&A with Ed Thaxton, chief technology officer and vice president of business development for Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems, Breaking Defense discusses:...
Dealing with major threat to submarines
ASW helicopters are a submarine's worst nightmare. With the development of IDAS, TKMS is looking to reshuffle the cards for submarine defence systems against...
UK-NATO anti-submarine exercise
The Royal Navy and NATO have completed their largest anti-submarine warfare exercise in the North Atlantic, designed to enhance allies’ ability to track and destroy threats lurking...
Tension growing in the Arctic
By Minna Ålander*
For a long time, the Arctic was seen as a zone free of geopolitical tensions. Apart from joint military drills between NATO...
India a defence priority for Australia
By Kate O’Shaughnessy*
Deepening strategic and defence cooperation with India is one of Australia’s regional priorities, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s recent visit to India...