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Northern Viking 2024

Iceland, US, and allies conduct annual ‘Northern Viking’ exercise

Iceland, the United States, four NATO partners, and NATO Allied Maritime Command’s (MARCOM’s) Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) are underway with the US-led...
HMS Queen Elizabeth

Which Kind of Intensity?

Western navies are seeking the right balance in training types between simulated, synthetic training that can deliver intensity in terms of asset or firepower...
Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia

USN Mediterranean training activity demonstrates amphibious and special forces integration with submarine ops

The US Navy (USN) has conducted integrated training, involving a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine (SSGN) and marine reconnaissance personnel and naval special operations forces (SOF),...
A T-45C Goshawk

US Navy Overhauls Pilot Training

The United States Navy (USN) was short of almost 100 fighter pilots in mid-July 2022 and the problem is not expected to improve anytime...
WC-130J

August Radio Roundup

Armada’s monthly roundup of all the latest news in the military communications product, programme and operational domains. Hurricane hunters KenCast is supplying its Fazzt software to...
RIMPAC 2024

RAN conducts successful NSM firing at RIMPAC

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has successfully test-fired a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during the US Navy (USN)-hosted ‘RIMPAC’ exercise off Hawaii. The NSM anti-ship...
V-BAT

V-Bat Unmanned Aerial System for US Coast Guard

Shield AI has received another order for its V-Bat Unmanned Aerial System. The US Coast Guard announced on 2 July 2024 its award of...
Suffren class submarines

Silent Running

The increased popularity among navies to own their own submarine fleets are driving new advances in submarine propulsion. If the SEA 1000 submarine programme in...
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...
Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates

Russia deploys task group to Caribbean and Cuba

A Russian Federation Navy task group has visited Havana, Cuba, in what is being seen as a display of power projection capability. Four naval vessels...

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