Sea

  • Hanwha submarine visit sharpens Canada bid

    Hanwha submarine visit sharpens Canada bid

    Hanwha Ocean has turned Canada’s submarine competition into pier-side theatre. ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho gives the KSS-III bid a live platform for endurance, production maturity, and sustainment credibility.

  • South Korea sets nuclear-submarine production course

    South Korea sets nuclear-submarine production course

    South Korea has set a nuclear-submarine target for the mid-2030s. The Jang Bogo N plan puts naval reactors, submarine construction, systems integration, and long-term sustainment into a single domestic industrial programme.

  • HII pushes REMUS and ROMULUS autonomy at UK naval event

    HII pushes REMUS and ROMULUS autonomy at UK naval event

    HII has highlighted REMUS and ROMULUS autonomy at Farnborough event. The showcase links unmanned underwater vehicles, autonomous surface vessels, control software, and UK sustainment capacity around allied naval autonomy.

  • Boeing MQ-25A moves into production phase

    Boeing MQ-25A moves into production phase

    Boeing’s MQ-25A Stingray has now cleared low-rate initial production approval. The decision moves the carrier-based unmanned tanker from development toward controlled production, testing the industrial base behind naval aviation autonomy.

  • Royal Navy tests Wildcat-drone teaming in Norway

    Royal Navy tests Wildcat-drone teaming in Norway

    Royal Navy Wildcats have trained with drones in Norwegian fjords. The exercise expanded maritime surveillance, targeting, and force-protection tactics while testing how uncrewed aircraft can feed information into helicopter operations.

  • BMT sets out command challenge for hybrid navies

    BMT sets out command challenge for hybrid navies

    BMT has outlined command challenges for future hybrid naval fleets. As crewed ships, uncrewed vessels, distributed sensors, and autonomous systems converge, command tools and simulation environments are becoming core naval requirements.

  • Spanish Navy tests helicopter-drone maritime network

    Spanish Navy tests helicopter-drone maritime network

    Spain has tested naval helicopter-drone teaming with Airbus maritime systems. The trial linked an H135, Flexrotor, A900 drone, patrol vessel, and combat management tools during a maritime surveillance and target-tracking exercise.

  • Sweden’s FDI choice sharpens European frigate production race

    Sweden’s FDI choice sharpens European frigate production race

    Sweden’s selection of Naval Group’s FDI frigate for the future Luleå class strengthens Franco-Swedish naval cooperation while exposing the hard production trade-offs facing European shipbuilders competing on delivery speed, design maturity, and air-defence integration.

  • Saronic and NCSIST move Taiwan toward autonomous maritime capability

    Saronic and NCSIST move Taiwan toward autonomous maritime capability

    Saronic is preparing to support Taiwan’s unmanned maritime requirements with autonomous surface vessels and AI-enabled command-and-control, adding another layer to Taiwan’s fast-expanding domestic and partner-supported maritime defence production base.

  • KAAV-II prototype advances South Korea’s amphibious armour push

    KAAV-II prototype advances South Korea’s amphibious armour push

    Hanwha Aerospace has shown the KAAV-II prototype, pushing South Korea’s marine vehicle programme into a more demanding phase built around high-speed amphibious mobility, unmanned turret integration, survivability, and serial production readiness.