The Air-Sea Battle Concept: Antecedents
As noted in the previous post, the Air-Sea Battle Concept had antecedents in the Air-Land Battle Doctrine. Given that the …
Surface Ships
The Air-Sea Battle Concept: New Strategy for a New Era
The Secretary of Defense recently released the long-awaited document, Air-Sea Battle: Service Collaboration to Address Anti-Access & Area Denial Challenges. …
Sea Dart Missile: A Parting Salute
In June, the last of the Royal Navy’s Type 42 destroyers, HMS Edinburgh, was retired. With her went the Sea …
Singapore’s Formidable-class Frigates
Singapore’s six Formidable-class frigates may be based on the French La Fayette-class designed by DCNS, but RSS Formidable and her …
U.S. Navy Maintenance and Modernization Suffer Due to Budget Woes
The Navy must systematically conduct maintenance and modernization of its force – not to mention repair ships when they are …
Naval Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Middle East Conference
The IQPC (International Quality & Productivity Center) Naval Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Middle East conference, held June 3-4 in …
Littoral Combat Ship Freedom Sorties from Singapore to Validate LCS Concept of Operations
The U.S. Navy’s new Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS) is making a deployment to the Western Pacific and the U.S. …
Philippine Navy Struggles With Modernization Plans
The second 378-foot, 2,300-ton former U.S. Coast Guard cutter for the Philippines, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF 16) (ex-U.S. CGC Dallas) …
Aegis BMD Sea-Based Elements: The Ship-based Solution
The U.S. Navy’s strong commitment to a national ballistic missile defense is articulated in the 2007 tri-service A Cooperative Strategy …
Israel Shipyard Ltd. Shows Off Its New Saar S-72 Concept at IMDEX
Some two years after initiating design work, Haifa based Israel Shipyard Ltd. (ISL) used the recent IMDEX Asia 2013 exhibition …