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Safeguarding the seas: top naval air defence systems

April’s top news stories

The US Navy awarded a $3.2bn contract modification to Northrop Grumman to supply an additional 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) launched a competition...

Autonomous underwater robots: from Swordfish to the Orca

In its master plan, the US Navy identified four types of autonomous underwater vehicles on its wish list – including the extra-large Orca UUV. What types of autonomous underwater robots...

Re-coding soldier performance: new issue of Global Defence Technology out now

Re-coding soldier performance with biological testing, new exoskeletons, the best of Security and Counter Terror Expo 2019, UAV swarms for search & rescue missions, and more.

Ants on Deck helps autonomous boats find the way

Polaris Consulting, part of the TP Group, recently won funding via the Ministry of Defence and Defence Growth Partnership Innovation Challenge to develop Ants on Deck, a pioneering software system...

Global Defence Technology: Testing frontline robots, real-life Iron Man and more

In this issue of GDT we catch up with Exercise Unmanned Warrior, speak to the developers of the US Army's new soldier protection system, explore the feasibility of space-based missile...

2018: The year’s biggest Naval Technology stories

The US Navy awarded two contracts with a total value of approximately $9bn for the procurement of ten DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and Bharat Electronics secured a $1.28bn order to...

MQ-25 Stingray: the first drone to refuel fighter jets in flight

Boeing has secured a multi-million dollar contract to deliver the MQ-25A Stingray to the US Navy. How could this unmanned aerial refuelling capability define the future of the carrier air...

June’s top news stories

Australia to buy six MQ-4C Triton UAS from US Navy for $1.4bn, Spain requests $860.4m sale of Aegis weapons systems from the US, and the Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth...

Global Defence Technology: Issue 87

In this issue: DARPA’s prototype unmanned submarine hunter, the Northrop Grumman/ATK deal, Hewlett Packard’s new supercomputers for the US Air Force Research Laboratory, and more

Sea Hunter: inside the US Navy’s autonomous submarine tracking vessel

US defence research agency DARPA has developed Sea Hunter, a prototype unmanned submarine tracking vessel with the ability to autonomously patrol the seas for months on end at a fraction...