A British company, Submarine Manufacturing and Products (SMP), a manufacturer and supplier of diving and subsea rescue equipment, has been awarded a contract to provide its new submarine rescue system to the Indonesian Navy. The rescue system will be hosted on a mothership designed by independent design and engineering consultancy Houlder and delivered by its Indonesian strategic […]
GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business in the UK has been selected by Team Resolute to provide hybrid propulsion technology for three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships for the UK Ministry of Defence. Team Resolute is a consortium created by Spanish shipbuilder and defence company Navantia, shipbuilder Harland & Wolff and naval architects BMT to deliver […]
In February 2024, the Australian Government announced an increase in the number of warships in the Royal Australian Navy to what will be its largest fleet since the end of World War II. But it is not only investing in more ships: it is also investing in naval shipbuilding and in new technology, in the […]
What is described as a ‘revolutionary’ propeller hub vortex cavitation-eliminating boss cap has successfully completed validation tests at a hydrodynamic research centre in Sweden. The propeller hub – which could provide gains in propulsive efficiency for a wide range of vessels, including warships – will now undergo ship model basin trials to verify the efficiency […]
Damen Naval and its partner NVL Group have commenced construction of the German Navy’s first F126 frigate. A steel cutting ceremony for the first F126 frigate took place on 5 December 2023 at NVL Group’s Peene-Werft shipyard in Wolgast. Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany Siemtje Möller said, “With the […]
Construction of the first of four Pohjanmaa-class multi-role corvettes has started at Rauma shipyard (Rauma Marine Construction, RMC), a major project for the Finnish Navy that has been significantly delayed. A contract was awarded to RMC to build the corvettes in 2019, but in late 2021 the yard announced that it would need up to […]
Trials of the largest uncrewed aircraft ever launched from a UK Royal Navy aircraft carrier could pave the way for the next generation of UK naval air power. The specially modified aircraft – operated remotely by a ‘pilot’ at a computer terminal, codenamed ‘Mojave’ – took off and landed safely on HMS Prince of Wales […]
Much has been accomplished since the US, UK and Australia announced plans to develop a new generation of nuclear-powered attack submarines together, but much more remains to be done, as a November 2023 report published by the House of Commons Library explains. The report details many of the challenges facing the AUKUS nuclear submarine programme […]
JFD’s latest submarine rescue system is designed for accelerated mobilisation, optimised transportability, improved configurability and greater versatility, writes David Foxwell Subsea engineering and services group JFD has unveiled a fourth-generation submarine rescue system conceived to afford reduced response time and a high level of mobilisation flexibility. Developed in order to simplify transportation and improve system […]
The US Coast Guard (USCG) accepted delivery of the 54th fast response cutter (FRC), William Sparling, on 20 July 2023 in Key West, Florida. William Sparling will be the fifth FRC to be homeported in Boston. The USCG has ordered 65 FRCs to date. Fifty-two are in service: 13 in Florida; seven in Puerto Rico; […]
The US Coast Guard (USCG) cutter Harriet Lane departed the Coast Guard yard in Baltimore on 3 August 2023, after undergoing 15 months of in-service vessel sustainment work. The service-life extension programme for the cutter entailed 113 work items, worth US$21 million, which included a new electrical system and an Mk38 Mod 3 gun weapon […]
Construction started on the sixth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future USNS Hector A Cafferata Jr (ESB 8) at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD NASSCO) on 8 August 2023. ESBs are designed to be flexible and used in a range of military operations supporting multiple operational phases, similar to the Expeditionary Transfer […]