AI and Covid’s symbiotic relationship may make for tech’s Trojan horse
With AI more than rising to the challenge of Covid-19, its spread throughout the business ecosphere will only be a matter of time – and industries are already changing because...
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Lawmakers draft $25bn investment in US shipyards
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has drafted a bill that would see $25bn invested...
Babcock completes Type 31 whole ship critical design review
Babcock today announced it has completed its whole ship critical design review (WSCDR) for the Type 31 frigate.
UK Carrier Strike Group heads east to send a signal
Soon the UK’s new Carrier Strike Group will head to the Indo-Pacific on its first operational deployment. Harry Lye finds...
Littoral Strike ship: Prevail Partners refines Multi-Role Vessel
Designed from the base of an FSG 4100 Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) vessel, Prevail Partner’s Multi-Role Vessel (MRV) design formed the...
Royal Navy to lose two Type 23s setting stage for future fleet
Under the plans, HMS Monmouth will be removed from service by the end of this year, with HMS Montrose to be retired after it returns from forward deployment in the…
Shipbuilders welcome Integrated Review, unions want details
The document also revealed new details about a planned new Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship for the Royal Navy and reaffirmed prior plans to develop a new class of Type 32…
Royal Navy seeking information on cats and traps to launch drones
The systems, known as ‘cats and traps’, would likely be fitted to the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers to increase the combat mass of the UK’s F-35Bs by augmenting…
Delivering magnetic and EW testing: MOD Portland Bill
Selected to be a magnetic test site due to its remote location and non-magnetic Portland stone - used on Buckingham Palace - the MOD Portland Bill site is home to…
First Sea Lord talks future operations: Surface Warships 2021
From shrinking headquarters staff to the UK’s carrier strike group declaring initial operating capability and continued investment in uncrewed and autonomous systems, First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin is overseeing…
Northrop Grumman planning production MQ-8C Fire Scout ASW capability
Speaking to Naval Technology, Northrop Grumman’s Fire Scout maritime mission expansion lead Dan Redman said: “We believe the future is to use our money to get a production version ready.…
