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Navy League 2014: L-3 Cincinnati takes its sensors to sea

Key Points WALRSS is installed on the CVN 77 and will be used with LaWS on the USS Ponce Electronic stabilisation lessens the impact of ship motion on image detection L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics (L-3 CE) is offering a maritime version of its high-definition (HD) wide area long-range

NATO moves to reassure its East European member states in light of Russia's deployments along Ukrainian border

As foreign ministers from Russia, the UK, United States, and Ukraine prepared for talks in Geneva on 17 April on the crisis in Ukraine's Crimea and eastern region, NATO ambassadors approved on 16 April a package of "reassurance measures" to bolster NATO's home defence and confidence among

Pentagon: Sequestration to result in 17 fewer F-35s, fewer soldiers, smaller navy fleet

Key Points A new Pentagon report details the DoD's Future Years Defense Plan under sequestration If the law is not reversed, the US would buy 17 fewer F-35s, five fewer KC-46As, and six fewer P-8As The US Department of Defense (DoD) will scale back plans to buy Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Taiwan to buy two OHP frigates from US, confirms homegrown submarine ambitions

Taiwan's Defence Minister Yen Ming told members of the island's Legislative Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee on 14 April that the Republic of China Navy (RoCN) will purchase only two of the four Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates offered to the island by the United

DSA 2014: Details of Indonesia's new stealthy missile patrol craft revealed

The Indonesian Navy's (TNI-AL's) new 63 m Klewang-class missile patrol craft will feature radar with wider coverage, missiles with longer range and a hull made from a new composite material. The information was revealed by Peter Carlqvist, head of Saab Indonesia, in an interview with IHS Jane's at

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  Commodore Keith Blount: UK Maritime Component Commander, Deputy Commander Combined Maritime Forces

  Cdre Blount talks to IHS Jane's Defence Weekly about piracy and mission co-ordination.
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  Surviving the swarm: navies eye new counters to the FIAC threat

  The threat from multiple manoeuvring fast craft operating in the close confines of the littoral environment has been a focus of attention for many western navies in recent years. Richard Scott examines the various ways and means in which this asymmetric risk is being addressed
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  Catch up: Navy League 2014

  Missed the show? Catch up on all the news from Navy League 2014 from our defence team
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Bay class

Fleetlist Comment: The size, manoeuvrability and other operational characteristics of these vessels are tailored for operations in harbours and other restricted waters and for fulfilling present and anticipated multimission requirements. All units are ice strengthened for operation on the Great

Coast guard patrol craft

Fleetlist Comment: Built in 1957 at Montevideo. Overhauls are planned.

Container ship

Fleetlist Comment: Owned and operated by Sealift, Inc. under charter to MSC. When fully loaded the ship can carry 916 20 ft containers of various aviation munitions intended to re-supply forward-deployed fighter and attack squadrons. The ship is fitted with an extensive cocoon system enabling it to

Container ships

Fleetlist Comment: LTC John U D Page and SSGT Edward A Carter were first chartered by MSC in February and June 2001 respectively. Both operated by Maersk Lines Limited and are APS-3 ships for army prepositioning in the Indian Ocean.