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Executive Overview: IHS Jane's Weapons: Naval
24 Jan 2012
Above water weapons While China and India continue to expand their operational capabilities, in Europe and the West we have seen further reductions in the number of major warships at sea and More
Executive Overview: IHS Jane's Weapons: Naval
Above water weapons While China and India continue to expand their operational capabilities, in Europe and the West we have seen further reductions in the number of major warships at sea and
Lynx Wildcat begins frigate sea trials
The maritime variant of the AgustaWestland AW159 Lynx Wildcat helicopter has made its first landing aboard a frigate at sea, marking the start of a month-long series of trials off southern England,
Battle management from above
Airborne battle management technologies have evolved to aid the fight by increasing situational awareness, facilitating mission execution and supplying tactical information quickly to commanders.
F-35C EMALS launch informs UK carrier work
A first launch of the Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Carrier Variant (CV) using the Electro Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) has been performed at a US test site
US Navy tests aircraft remote control system
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has performed successful early trials of what is intended to become a generic software-based control system for US Navy unmanned aircraft. A prototype common
Spain's S 80A submarines delayed by funding cuts
The delivery of the first of Spain's new S 80A submarines has been delayed by possibly as much as two years because of a lack of funds at the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Instead of being handed
VT Halter Marine launches first missile craft for Egypt
The first of four Ambassador IV-class Fast Missile Craft (FMC) on order for the Egyptian Navy was launched by US shipbuilder VT Halter Marine on 20 October. S. Ezzat (682) entered the water at the
Views sought on disposal of nuclear-powered submarines
More than ten years after Project ISOLUS (Interim Storage of Laid-Up Submarines) was created to determine a strategy for the storage and disposal of submarine reactor compartments and associated hull
Twelve ships face axe in US budget cuts
The US Navy is planning to retire nine Ticonderoga-class cruisers and three Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships (LSDs) in Fiscal Years 2013 (FY13) and 2014 as austerity measures hit the
Decisions that led to Chinook shoot down were 'sound', CENTCOM report says
Operational decisions that led to a 6 August US Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter shoot down that killed 30 US troops in Afghanistan were deemed, "tactically sound" by US military
Dempsey questions the affordability of F-35 variants
The US military's top officer has publicly questioned whether the country can afford to purchase all three variants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. "Three
UK defence secretary quits amid adviser allegations
UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox resigned on 14 October following a series of allegations over his relations with personal friend and informal adviser Adam Werrity. Werrity accompanied the defence
