Twitter round-up: U.S. Navy’s tweet on commissioning of littoral combat ship most popular in August 2020
Naval Technology lists ten of the most popular tweets on naval tech in August 2020 based on data from GlobalData’s…
22 Sep 2020
UK Government u-turns on Fleet Solid Support Ship designation
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) in the past refused to call the vessels warships, which allowed for the vessels to be built overseas similar to the procurement of the UK’s…
22 Sep 2020
The carrier strike equation: Do the UK’s plans add up?
For the better part of the last decade, questions have persisted around the UK’s plans to deploy two full carrier strike groups. Now both ships are in the water and…
18 Sep 2020
Naval tech trends: Submarine leads Twitter mentions in August 2020
Submarine leads as Naval Technology lists the top five terms tweeted on naval tech in August 2020, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform. 1. Submarine – 418 mentions The…
15 Sep 2020
Royal Navy Littoral Response Group experimentation gets underway
Named the Littoral Response Group (Experimentation) (LRGX) the deployment includes Marines from 40 Commando, 42 Commando, 30 Commando IX and 47 Commando as well as sailors from the Royal Navy…
14 Sep 2020
‘Industrially illiterate’ to not build Fleet Solid Support ships in the UK, says union leader
The union leader made the comments during a Defence Select committee hearing on the UK’s defence industrial policy, which focused on the much-debated procurement of new Fleet Solid Support (FSS)…
09 Sep 2020
India vs China: A comparison of the Indian and Chinese (PLA) Navies
Naval Technology compares Indian Navy with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy), amid ongoing tensions between the two powers. Personnel: PLAN outnumbers the Indian Navy [caption id="attachment_54468" align="aligncenter" width="800"]…