Jiangkai II frigate Linyi

China’s Jiangkai frigate roll-out delivers global reach

Dr. Lee Willett - Like any navy seeking global presence, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will use its surface forces to project influence. A...
Type 31 Frigates

Rolls-Royce seals major contract covering complete MTU propulsion systems for Royal Navy Type 31...

Delivery scope: 20 main propulsion engines and 20 on-board generator sets, Callosum marine automation and integrated logistic support. MTU propulsion solutions from Rolls-Royce...
Vigile-D-Thales

Stay Vigilant

Already in service with the Royal Navy, new deliveries of Thales’ Vigile-D naval electronic support measure are on the horizon. Thales has told Armada Analysis...
Defence-Minister-(Naval-Group)

Lorient Express

As the French Navy cuts the steel on its first ‘Admiral Ronarc'h’ class frigate, Armada Analysis examines the vessel’s radar, electronic warfare and communications...

Thales Sea Fire digital radar for FTI frigate programme enters production

Thales is pleased to announce that the first Sea Fire radar for the French Navy’s FTI future medium-size frigates programme is now in production....

Naval Group lays the keel of HS Formion, third defence and intervention frigate (FDI)...

On April 15th 2024, the keel laying of the first block of the third Hellenic Ship (HS) Formion took place in the Naval Group shipyard in...
ASW

NATO bears down on ASW

Exercise Dynamic Mongoose strengthens anti-submarine warfare skills and wider trans-Atlantic naval team building. The strategic, operational, and technological impact of the return of state-based naval...
Anti-Submarine-Warfare-1

Searching for The Silent Service

Royal Australian Navy is honing its anti-submarine warfare skills with the help of Allies including the US Navy. History of Submarines in the North Atlantic...

What Lies Beneath?

Ship categories are changing: As navies are required to respond to an ever-increasing spectrum of traditional and non-traditional threats, the lines of classification between...
USS Carl Vinson

‘RIMPAC’ naval presence underlines Indo-Pacific/Euro-Atlantic strategic linkage

The US Navy’s (USN’s) major biennial ‘Rim of the Pacific’ (‘RIMPAC’) exercise got underway off Hawaii on 27 June, with the exercise’s routine multinational...

Highlight of the Month