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The Type 26 frigates, also known as the City-class frigates, are a series of new multirole warships being built for the UK Royal Navy.

Slated to enter service in the late 2020s, the Type 26 frigate addresses the pressing need for enhanced ASW capabilities, particularly in light of heightened tensions with Russia. Shephard Defence Insight analyses the design and its equipment fit.

The UK Royal Navy (RN) operates one of the world’s premier fleets with the ability to deploy high-end warships globally and retains key competencies in carrier aviation, amphibious and undersea warfare that few can boast. It also provides the UK’s nuclear deterrent submarines. Despite this potential, it needs to recover from a decade of neglect to sustain these capabilities.

The USS Zumwalt undergoes radical transformation, integrating hypersonic missiles to redefine modern naval warfare capabilities.

BAE Systems celebrates milestone achievement as HMS Cardiff components seamlessly unite.

The Type 2150 hull mounted sonars bring improvements over the older Type 2050 system, which has been used on the legacy Type 23 frigates.

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Pentagon budget 2022: US Navy requests increased unmanned investments by Michael Fabey The US Navy (USN) is looking to grow its unmanned portfolio with funding requests for subsea, surface, and aerial systems in the service’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget proposal, released on 28 May. The navy requests about USD268.9 million for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) programme, which was recently restructured with near-term focus on the new Unmanned Ca...

By Akshat Patel The South China Sea is to China as the Caribbean Sea is to the United States. Just as the United States repeatedly thwarted European powers from the Caribbean throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, China intends to thwart an American presence in the South China Sea in this century. 1 In 1962, the ambitions of two superpowers reached a crescendo in the form of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Along the same lines, the ambitions of two of today’s great powers are resulting ...

McKean Defense leads team to provide hull, electrical, mechanical and other services for Future Surface Combatant. Hull, mechanical and electrical controls in the USN  Future Surface Combatant programme will be supported by a team led by McKean Defense Group, under a $20.1 million contract from Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD). The five-year deal, announced by McKean Defense on 16 March, covers machinery, electric plant, propulsion, auxiliary, damage control, and shi...