Naval
CBO Puts US Navy Battleship Programme at $275B
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the US Navy’s planned 15-ship nuclear-powered guided-missile battleship programme would cost approximately $275 b…
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Pentagon Seeks Drone-Launching Robot Boats
The Pentagon’s SWAP-USV challenge seeks autonomous boats carrying multiple reconnaissance and attack drones, while the US Navy’s GARC reaches a first live-fire…
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Taiwan Commissions Batch 2 Tuo Chiang Corvette
Taiwan has commissioned ROCS Tan Chiang, the first Batch 2 Tuo Chiang-class catamaran missile corvette and the eighth vessel in the indigenous high-speed combat…
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LIG D&A Starts KSAM-II Prototype Assembly
LIG Defense & Aerospace has begun assembling prototype KSAM-II flight-test missiles for the ROK Navy’s future KDDX destroyer, with development scheduled to cont…
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TCG KARADENIZ Launch Strengthens Türkiye’s Frigate Fleet
TCG KARADENIZ has been launched at Sedef Shipyard, marking another milestone in Türkiye’s MİLGEM İstif-class frigate programme and naval modernisation roadmap.
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ASELSAN Underwater Systems Target Subsea Superiority
ASELSAN underwater systems are positioning Türkiye for a new era of subsea warfare through AI-enabled autonomy, ISR, mine warfare, critical infrastructure prote…
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HAVELSAN completes ADVENT CMS integration on TCG ANADOLU
ADVENT CMS integration work on TCG ANADOLU is now complete, HAVELSAN said. ANADOLU is Türkiye’s largest naval vessel. HAVELSAN finished the shipboard software i…
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Thales Wins Royal Navy AI Mine Warfare Command Deal
The Royal Navy autonomous mine shift is accelerating. As a result, Thales has secured a contract to deliver AI-enabled Remote Command Centres for uncrewed mine…
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Türkiye naval modernisation: Type 214, ULAQ, MILGEM
Türkiye naval modernisation is moving on multiple tracks at once. Recent announcements highlighted progress in submarine acquisition, amphibious support, autono…
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Autonomous Underwater Systems and Swarming Drones
Autonomous underwater systems and swarming drones are changing the character of warfare as much as precision-guided munitions did in past decades. Unmanned vehi…
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Threats to Undersea Infrastructure in Seabed Warfare
Threats to undersea infrastructure now sit at the centre of great power competition. The seabed carries a dense web of submarine data cables, energy pipelines a…
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Navantia Uncrewed Landing Craft Concept
SH Defence and Navantia Australia pair autonomous hull design with the Cube modular mission system to turn an uncrewed landing craft into a multi-role bridge be…