Sea

  • 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.

  • Raytheon advances software-defined radar

    Raytheon advances software-defined radar

    Raytheon will develop software-defined radar capability for future naval sensors. The work supports multi-mission operation and improved spectrum sharing for U.S. Navy systems.

  • South Korea helicopter package deepens maritime aviation build-up

    South Korea helicopter package deepens maritime aviation build-up

    South Korea’s latest helicopter approvals add weight to its maritime aviation and attack helicopter modernisation, extending demand across airframes, sensors, weapons, engines, sustainment, and integration work tied to Indo-Pacific deterrence.

  • Taiwan launches final An P’ing vessel

    Taiwan launches final An P’ing vessel

    Taiwan has launched its final missile-capable An P’ing-class patrol vessel. The programme completes a 12-ship domestic build derived from the Tuo Chiang fast missile corvette design.

  • Australia selects Lockheed for AUKUS combat integration

    Australia selects Lockheed for AUKUS combat integration

    Australia has selected Lockheed Martin for AUKUS combat integration work. The decision places local systems engineering, sustainment, and workforce development at the centre of the country’s Virginia-class submarine pathway.