Naval Submersibles

Newly formed defence company to support Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine procurement

H&B Defence Executive Team

US naval shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and UK defence technology company the Babcock International Group have formed a new joint venture and entity to accelerate the development of critical sovereign capability for the AUKUS conventional armed, nuclear-powered submarine program. H&B Defence will combine nuclear submarine and shipbuilding experience from Australia, the United Kingdom,z and […]

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Russia resumes search for submarine lost in World War II

A Soviet Navy Leninets-class submarine, date unknown

The Russian Ministry of Defence has confirmed that an expedition has been launched to attempt to locate a Soviet Navy submarine that was lost off the northern coast of Japan in the closing weeks of World War II. Russian Navy hydrographic ships will begin combing the waters of La Perouse Strait...

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Indonesian-French partnership to explore naval shipbuilding opportunities

Signing of a new memorandum of understanding on future collaboration between PAL Indonesia and the Naval Group in the area of naval shipbuilding

Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PAL and French defence manufacturer the Naval Group have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the aim of enhancing joint capabilities in fulfilling the needs of operators of naval vessels in potential domestic and foreign markets. The partnership...

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Australian government approves next phase of Collins-class submarines’ life-of-type extension

HMAS Farncomb will be the first of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) six Collins-class submarines to undergo sustainment and capability enhancement under a life-of-type extension program being implemented by the Australian government, the Australian Department of Defence (DOD) confirmed earlier this week. The life-of-type extension program is part of the government’s commitment to invest AU$4 […]

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Wreck of US Navy submarine found on seabed off Luzon, Philippines

4D photogrammetry model of the wreck of the US Navy World War II submarine USS Harder

The US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the wreck site of the World War II submarine USS Harder in the waters off Luzon island in the Philippines. Using data collected and provided by Tim Taylor, CEO of Tiburon Subsea and the Lost 52 Project, NHHC’s Underwater Archaeology...

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OPINION | The cause for China’s coercion in the skies may lay under the water

A Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter launches a sonobuoy during an anti-submarine warfare training in 2020 off the coast of Jervis Bay, New South Wales

During the Cold War, it was not unheard of for Soviet ships to attempt to disrupt US naval operations by “shouldering” vessels, meaning coming abreast and colliding in a semi-controlled manner. A famous example is the Black Sea incident of 1988, when Soviet frigates “bumped” both USS Yorktown and...

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Report reveals increased use of leading design practices could improve US Navy ship delivery timelines

The future US Navy destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas being launched into the water for the first time at Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Pascagoula, Mississippi facilities, June 4, 2021

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published a report stating that the US Navy falls short on design practices that reduce leading companies’ shipbuilding time. The GAO said companies implement the following measures: Use existing ship designs—limiting changes to a section of the ship—to create new designs, allowing companies to stabilise designs sooner and […]

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Future US Navy submarine to be named after city of Miami, Florida

Rendering of a Virginia-class submarine

US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro confirmed earlier this week that future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 811 will be named USS Miami after the city of Miami, Florida. SSN 811 will be the fourth US Navy vessel and the second submarine to be named after the city. As with...

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