Warship Technology December 2021
A National Shipbuilding Office has been created to ‘galvanise and promote’ the UK’s shipbuilding enterprise, Ben Wallace, the Government’s Shipbuilding Tsar and Defence Secretary has announced.
Warship Technology December 2021
Classification society DNV has unveiled a new Naval Technical Assurance certification concept as an alternative approach to the classification assurance process.
Warship Technology December 2021
At the end of November 2021, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley formally commissioned two Cape-class patrol boats at a ceremony held at the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard base in Chaguaramas.
Warship Technology October 2021
Under the ‘AUKUS’ partnership unveiled in September 2021, the Royal Australian Navy is to build a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, but questions abound about their design, how and where they will be built and how they will be maintained and manned.
Warship Technology October 2021
David Andrews FREng, PhD, FRINA, FSNAME, FIMechE, FRSA, RCNC, Professor of Engineering Design, University College London has written to Warship Technology in response to an article published in the July/August 2021 issue of the magazine, The Royal Navy and naval shipbuilding: what do the yards say?
Warship Technology October 2021
Assuming it progresses as far as construction, the US Navy could soon be procuring a totally new class of amphibious vessel that would be much smaller, but more manoeuvrable than existing units.
The US Navy named the newest Virginia class attack submarine, the future USS Hyman G Rickover (SSN 795), in a ceremony on 31 July 2021 at General Dynamics/Electric Boat, in Groton, Connecticut.
The US Navy named the John Lewis class replenishment oiler, the future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), on 17 July 2021. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, delivered the principal address.
The first example of the US Navy’s next-generation aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), successfully completed full ship shock trials (FSSTs) in August 2021.
Warship Technology September 2021
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) announced in July 2021 that it had signed a cooperation agreement with Hanjin Heavy Industries for the design and construction of a light aircraft carrier (CVX) for the Republic of Korea Navy.
Warship Technology - Jul/Aug 2021
The roles assigned to UK Royal Navy are growing, government policy on naval shipbuilding is evolving and a ‘refresh’ of naval shipbuilding strategy is in the works. What does that mean for British shipyards, their role building warship and auxiliaries, and their ability to export? Responses to a Defence Committee inquiry provide answers from yards’ point of view.
Warship Technology - Jul/Aug 2021
As Lisa Hammock, a Senior Environmental Consultant at BMT told RINA’s ‘Warship 2021: Future Technologies in Naval Submarines’ conference, there are opportunities aplenty to make designs more sustainable.