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USN conducts first live-fire test of SeaRAM installed on Aegis destroyer
One of the US Navy's four Rota, Spain-based DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, USS Porter, has conducted a first live-fire test with its newly installed Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 31 SeaRAM ship self-defence system. Source: Naval Sea Systems CommandThailand to arm second OPV with Harpoon missiles
The Royal Thai Navy's HTMS Krabi, on which the second OPV will be based. Source: BAE SystemsSingapore Airshow 2016: Saab to provide weapon, battle system for Indonesia's 'tank boat'
A model of the X18 fire support vessel on display at IndoDefence 2014. Source: IHS/Ridzwan RahmatPentagon budget 2017: USN request looks to bolster weapon systems
Initial F/A-18EF/A-18E/F fit checks, using an LRASM mass simulator vehicle, began at NAS Patuxent River on 12 August 2015. The aircraft being used is an F/A-18EF/A-18E of VX-23, the USN's strike test squadron. Source: US Navy
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UK Royal Navy commissions third Astute-class SSN
Key Points Third Astute-class submarine enters UK RN service HMS Artful is the first boat to be fitted from build with the CCS The UK Royal Navy (RN) has commissioned its third Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN). HMS Artful joined the fleet in a ceremony at HM Naval Base Clyde,
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USN demonstrates SM-6 ASuW capability giving the fleet a new offensive weapon
Key Points The SM-6 can now be used for ballistic missile defence, AAW, and ASuW The ASuW capability was achieved using new software without hardware changes A Raytheon Standard Missile (SM)-6 has, for the first time, been used to engage a surface target, the US Navy (USN) disclosed on 7 March.
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UPDATE: SM-6 missile demonstrates anti-surface capability with Aegis Baseline 9
Key Points 18 January flight test demonstrated the anti-surface warfare (ASuW) capability of the SM-6 missile with the latest Aegis Combat System Baseline 9 Use of SM-6 in the over-the-horizon ASuW role is aligned with the US Navy's new 'Distributed Lethality' surface warfare doctrine The US Navy
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Kirov-class cruisers to be equipped with new Tsirkon hypersonic ASM
Key Points The 3M-22 hypersonic ASM development will incorporate the new Detsilin-M fuel Pyotr Veliky will be the second Kirov-class cruiser armed with Tsirkon - it will be preceded by the Admiral Nakhimov The Russian Navy's Kirov-class (Project 1142) nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Pyotr
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HMS Artful completes first weapon firing using new Common Combat System
Key Points Astute Boat 3 HMS Artful is the first RN submarine to receive the CCS fit CCS is being rolled out across the RN submarine fleet The UK Royal Navy's (RN's) latest Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) has completed a first weapon firing using a new Common Combat System
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Sustained support: the PLAN evolves its expeditionary logistics strategy
As China's People's Liberation Army Navy seeks to support sustained operations at distance, Andrew Erickson and Christopher Carlson discuss its strategy and tools for supporting this new international presence. -
Return of the bear: Russian Ground Forces modernisation
Russia's military is once again a major source of concern to its neighbours, yet its army is regularly labelled a 'paper tiger' equipped with ancient equipment and overseen by dysfunctional command structures. Nick de Larrinaga reports on the true strength of the Russian Ground Forces. -
Fixing the power cuts: Resolving Type 45 power and propulsion problems
The ground-breaking Integrated Electric Propulsion system fitted to the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Richard Scott examines the issues that have driven plans to upgrade the ships' electrical generation capacity.
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India performs Light Combat Helicopter rocket trials
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has completed the latest series of trials of its Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) ahead of weapons certification in the coming months, the company announced on 14 March. Pre-production helicopter TD-3 fired a number of FZ 70 mm (2.75-inch) rockets during the trials,
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British Army to review use of belt-fed weapons and light mortars
The British Army is to review the use of belt-fed weapons by dismounted infantry platoons, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) official responsible. The justification for the review is because of the existing variety of the weapon systems in use within a rifle platoon, Lieutenant Colonel Ian
