Dr. Lee Willett
Australian navy becomes third Tomahawk shooter
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has conducted its first test firing of a Tomahawk land-attack sea-launched cruise missile, taking a major step towards introducing...
Re-Balancing Design: New Technology and Thinking in Naval Architecture
New technological threats and new operational requirements are emerging in the naval environment, raising the question of how ship and submarine designs should develop...
Indian Navy and ASEAN navies complete inaugural combined maritime exercise
The Indian Navy (IN) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) conducted their inaugural combined maritime exercise in early May, with the...
AVALON: BAE launches STRIX drone and Razer munition
BAE Systems Australia has unveiled a tactical uncrewed aerial system and a new precision munition at the Avalon Air Show in Melbourne.
Named STRIX the...
Intelligent Development: Managing Data Through the CMS
A combat management system (CMS) is as essential in a modern warship as any of the platform’s sensors and weapons.
Discussion of naval ship and...
Thinking Warships
The increasing adoption of open architecture and artificial intelligence is growing the capacity of naval combat management systems.
In simple terms, naval platforms deliver military...
Good Order at Sea Crucial to Australia’s Strategic Interest, Says RAN...
Continued co-operation between navies, maritime forces, and their parent countries remains critical in ensuring good order at sea and the protection of strategic interests,...
Integrating Unmanned Maritime Capabilities to Tackle Hybrid Threats
Western and regional navies operating around the Persian Gulf have for some time faced the challenge of hybrid threats, including from unmanned systems. Now...
RAN Melds Unmanned Systems Into New Model Navy
The Royal Australian Navy’s new strategy for developing unmanned surface and sub-surface systems delivers both capability and capacity to support the navy’s new fleet.
Navies...
Defend and Deter
Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - The air defence threat-and-response equation exists increasingly in integrated layers. Armada looks at two examples of how...
