- Tactical Nuclear weapons - still relevant?
- Why USA Is Worried of Syrian Air Defenses?
- New Radar for Special Forces
- Future of the Global Hawk
- NATO Lock shields event
- Light infantry
- China is a cemetery of the abandoned chemical weapons
- Seeking to Identify a Type of Missile or Rocket
- A rifle for a new military
- Swedish Air force dont respond to Russian Bombers
Latest Military Pictures
Defense Forum Topics
Post Tagged with: "Navy & Maritime Security News"
DCNS Begins Sea Trials with FREMM Frigate for Moroccan Navy
The FREMM frigate built for the Royal Moroccan Navy put to sea for the first time on 17 April. This key milestone marks the launch of sea trials, which will be conducted over the next few weeks off the Brittany coast. The ship will be delivered to the Royal Moroccan Navy at the end of [...]
Navy Leaders Announce Plans for Deploying Cost-Saving Laser Technology
Citing a series of technological breakthroughs, Navy leaders announced plans Apr. 8 at the Sea-Air-Space exposition to deploy for the first time a solid-state laser aboard a ship in fiscal year 2014. “Our directed energy initiatives, and specifically the solid-state laser, are among our highest priority science and technology programs. The solid-state laser program is [...]
UK Welcomes 250th Brazilian Navy Sailor for Maiden Sea Trials
The Brazilian Navy’s latest BAE Systems built warship has set sail for the first time to be put through her paces on an extensive programme of sea trials off the UK coast. ARAGUARI, the third Ocean Patrol Vessel in the Amazonas Class, sailed out of Portsmouth this morning with her BAE Systems crew and Brazilian [...]
Last Type 42 Destroyer Returns from Final Deployment
HMS Edinburgh, the Royal Navy’s last remaining Type 42 destroyer, returned to Portsmouth from her final deployment last week. The 30-year-old warship has spent the past 6 months patrolling the Atlantic. She will decommission in June, having clocked up 793,345 miles, as the old Type 42 destroyers make way for the new Type 45s . [...]
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Gyrocam Sensor Maritime Capability with US Navy
Lockheed Martin has recently completed a series of successful demonstrations of its Gyrocam 15-inch Dual Sensor and 15-inch Triple Sensor in a realistic military maritime environment. The demonstration was conducted as part of a cooperative research and development effort with the Stiletto Maritime Demonstration Program. That program was established to help accelerate the delivery of [...]
Taiwan adds new ships to patrol disputed islands
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on Saturday unveiled two new ships that will join the patrol in waters off disputed islands in the East China Sea at the centre of a regional territorial row. “We will gradually build up our capabilities in the sea to enforce the law, to conduct rescue missions and protect fishermen,” Ma [...]
Taiwan Confirms Plan to Study Submarine Feasibility
The Ministry of National Defense has launched efforts to study the feasibility of building indigenous submarines, according to a statement released yesterday. The ministry “is accurately reviewing the relevant plans and budgets” for a four-year project it brought to the National Defense Industrial Development Foundation late last year, based on a resolution by the Legislative [...]
Raytheon’s Fifth generation hull mounted sonar to enable anti-submarine, undersea warfare
Raytheon was awarded a sub-contract from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to deliver its first 5th generation medium frequency hull mounted sonar system as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. According to the U.S. Navy, 43 nations operate more than 600 submarines; the steady [...]
JHSV 2 Successfully Completes Builder’s Trials
Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) 2, the future USNS Choctaw County, conducted builder’s sea trials March 7-8, in Mobile, Ala. The ship, now under construction at Austal USA, is the second ship of the JHSV class. Builder’s trials are a significant step in the construction and delivery of a ship to the fleet and are [...]
