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The air domain is a major driver of modern naval warfare. NAVAL FORCES provides in-depth coverage about crewed/uncrewed fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms, payloads and other subsystems and components.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has seen a rapidly expanding rate of drone use on both sides, from tens of thousands per month in 2022 to hundreds of thousands per month in 2024. Pictured is the Ukrainian RAM II drone carrying various explosives for precision strike. Photo: CDET LLC/Ukroboronprom

Drones: decoupling supply chains from China

“The challenge to mass producing hover-optimised [...] drones has revealed systemic vulnerabilities in the West, stemming from a heavy reliance
Synergie - The first of eight to be delivered Boeing 737-based P-8A submarine-hunting aircraft arrived in German on 7 November. Photo: German Armed Forces/Christoph Kassette

Synergies that matter

To date, the global inventory of P-8 Poseidon submarine-hunting aircraft has completed over 700,000 flight hours. The high speed of
The first of eight to be delivered Boeing 737-based P-8A submarine-hunting aircraft arrived in German on 7 November. Photo: Lufthansa Technik

Boeing contracts Lufthansa Technik Defense for sustainment of German Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft

Boeing and Lufthansa Technik Defense signed a multi-year contract on comprehensive technical sustainment services for the German Navy’s eight P-8A
An effective hypersonic defence must include space sensors and a glide-phase interceptor, but it should not stop there. Artist’s impression: Raytheon Missiles and Defense - Complex air defence - Countering the hypersonic missile threat

Complex air defence

Defending against hypersonic missiles is strategically necessary, technologically possible, and fiscally affordable, but it will not be easy.
The Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare System (MAWS) follows the approach of a “system-of-systems” approach for networked maritime reconnaissance, submarine warfare and maritime target engagement. (Photo: HENSOLDT/Diehl Defence)

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The German MAWS GbR – consisting of ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH, HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH and Diehl Defence – received the
Sky Futures is one of a handful companies – including Cyberhawk, PrecisionHawk and SenseFly – finding commercial applications for drones. (Photo: Sky Futures)

Drones provide high hopes for better security

The emergence of sophisticated unmanned aircraft – UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) or UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) – advocates the new
Republic of Korea Navy: Schiebel wins Camcopter® S-300 contract

Republic of Korea Navy: Schiebel wins Camcopter® S-300 contract

Schiebel from Austria, together with Korean-based defence solutions companies Hanwha Systems and UI Helicopter, has been awarded a contract by

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