Technology/Modernization

The Royal Australian Navy welcomed a new ship into the fleet today (Oct 27) , with the commissioning of the guided missile destroyer, HMAS Brisbane (III). In the ceremony at the Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney, the Brisbane...

Interceptor defends against sophisticated threatsThe U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency completed the second successful intercept of a ballistic missile target by a Raytheon Company SM-3 Block IIA missile, the next-gen variant that defeats missile threats outside the earth's...

UK-based Chemring Countermeasures in cooperation with Japan IHI Aerospace has revealed a new 130 mm radio frequency (RF) decoy.Given the name TORERO, the new round is based on an airborne corner reflector developed by IHI Aerospace of Japan.The use...

France will make a decision on the replacement of its flagship aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle at the start of 2020, its armed forces minister said on Tuesday (Oct.23)The carrier has been in service since 2001 but Paris...

Saab strengthens its Sea Giraffe naval radar offer by introducing the Hypersonic Detection Mode, a capability for detecting and tracking targets travelling at hypersonic speeds.Due to the radar horizon, naval vessels face limited time to act against low flying...

On Friday October 19 His Swedish Majesty Ship (HSwMS) Gotland started its sea trials at the Saab shipyard in Karlskrona, after a comprehensive Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) to ensure its operational service to Sweden beyond 2025.HSwMS Gotland is the first...

Raytheon Company has delivered a RAM launcher to the Mexican government as part of the long-range off-shore patrol vessel (Patrulla Oceánica de Largo Alcance, or POLA) program, marking the first delivery of a RAM product to a Latin American...

China's independently-developed large amphibious aircraft AG600 completed its first water takeoff and landing in the city of Jingmen in the central province of Hubei on Saturday (Oct.20) morning.The AG600, codenamed Kunlong, is designed to be the world's largest amphibious...

The Indian Navy successfully concluded maiden trials of the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) on 15 October 2018.The DSRV carried out under water mating with a bottomed submarine, at a depth of over 300 feet. On successful mating the...

The second of the Royal Navy’s next-generation patrol ships makes her debut at sea next month – as the fourth ship entered the water for the first time.HMS Tamar became the latest second-generation River-class ship to be officially launched,...