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4 weeks ago | 
armadainternational.com | Lee Willett
As naval surveillance and engagement requirements grow, so naval EO/IR systems developers are accelerating their use of new technology to keep track of the threat. On 19 October 2023, while sailing in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, the US Navy (USN) DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG) USS Carney shot down three land-attack missiles and several unmanned systems.
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4 weeks ago | 
navalnews.com | Lee Willett |maritime issues. Based |'Dynamic Manta’
In the keynote address at the annual Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) conference – held this year in Oslo, Norway – Rear Admiral Oliver Berdal said CUI protection sits high up on security agendas for good reason, following a spate of incidents involving damage and disruption to CUI networks including in the Baltic and Norwegian seas. Incidents in waters off Lofoten and Svalbard, Norway occurred in 2021 and 2022.
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4 weeks ago | 
seapowermagazine.org | Lee Willett
NATO navies are steadily increasing their use of maritime uncrewed systems, or MUS, aided by an extensive exercise process that covers the development of vehicles, payloads, capabilities and supporting architecture through various phases. These phases include research and development, test and evaluation, operational experimentation and integration into frontline assets and task groups.
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1 month ago | 
navalnews.com | Lee Willett |maritime issues. Based |'Dynamic Manta’
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is looking towards a vertical take-off/landing capability for uncrewed aerial vehicles (VTOL UAV) to enhance the operational reach and flexibility of its surface ships, including those providing core at-sea surveillance presence for the navy, a senior officer from the service told a conference in London in late January.
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1 month ago | 
armadainternational.com | Lee Willett |Lee Willet
NATO’s Mediterranean-focused anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise ‘Dynamic Manta’ got underway in late February. The exercise is aiming to demonstrate capability to deal with a range of underwater threats. ‘Dynamic Manta’ is one of three annual, high-end ASW exercises run by NATO Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) across the Euro-Atlantic theatre.
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1 month ago | 
navalnews.com | Lee Willett |maritime issues. Based |'Dynamic Manta’
Estonia sits at the centre of recent Baltic Sea security threats for NATO countries, with two of several critical underwater infrastructure (CUI) incidents involving damage to nodes connecting Estonia to Finland. These incidents occurred, however, at a time when the Estonian Navy was already planning to enhance its force structure and capability, responding to wider deterioration in Baltic regional security.
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1 month ago | 
armadainternational.com | Lee Willett
The United Kingdom (UK) has announced its intent to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2027. It has reinforced this initial commitment by announcing in tandem plans to increase defence spending further still (subject to economic and fiscal conditions), to 3.0% of GDP by the end of the next Parliament (in principle, around 2034).
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2 months ago | 
navalnews.com | Lee Willett |maritime issues. Based |'Dynamic Manta’
NATO has tested its capability to integrate uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) into its operational task groups. The capability demonstration – which took place on a training range in the Baltic Sea off Denmark, from 17-20 February – was a significant step in the development and operational integration of USVs into NATO Allied Command Operations (ACO) activities. USVs can add mass for operational task groups, including providing surface surveillance that helps build maritime situational awareness.
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2 months ago | 
armadainternational.com | Lee Willett
The Royal Swedish Navy’s (RSwN’s) A19 Gotland-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) HSwMS Halland has been re-launched after completing mid-life upgrade (MLU) work. The work, which was undertaken at Saab Kockums’ shipyard in Karlskrona, southern Sweden, concludes the MLU activity being undertaken on the three A19 SSKs – Halland, plus sister submarines HSwMS Gotland and HSwMS Uppland. After their respective MLU periods, Gotland returned to service in 2019, with Uppland following in 2020.
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2 months ago | 
janes.com | Lee Willett
A UAV is deployed during CMRE's DRAVEX24 drifting mine detection sea trial. CMRE's Counter Drifting Mines initiative is designed to combine sensor types to provide capability for dealing with drifting mines at sea. (NATO)NATO's Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has developed – and demonstrated in sea trials – the integration of two different sensor technologies, providing at-sea detection, identification, and tracking of drifting mines.
