Dr. Lee Willett
AVALON: BAE launches STRIX drone and Razer munition
BAE Systems Australia has unveiled a tactical uncrewed aerial system and a new precision munition at the Avalon Air Show in Melbourne.
Named STRIX the...
Intelligent Development: Managing Data Through the CMS
A combat management system (CMS) is as essential in a modern warship as any of the platform’s sensors and weapons.
Discussion of naval ship and...
Thinking Warships
The increasing adoption of open architecture and artificial intelligence is growing the capacity of naval combat management systems.
In simple terms, naval platforms deliver military...
Good Order at Sea Crucial to Australia’s Strategic Interest, Says RAN...
Continued co-operation between navies, maritime forces, and their parent countries remains critical in ensuring good order at sea and the protection of strategic interests,...
Integrating Unmanned Maritime Capabilities to Tackle Hybrid Threats
Western and regional navies operating around the Persian Gulf have for some time faced the challenge of hybrid threats, including from unmanned systems. Now...
RAN Melds Unmanned Systems Into New Model Navy
The Royal Australian Navy’s new strategy for developing unmanned surface and sub-surface systems delivers both capability and capacity to support the navy’s new fleet.
Navies...
Defend and Deter
Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - The air defence threat-and-response equation exists increasingly in integrated layers. Armada looks at two examples of how...
Better Than Ever?
The Royal Australian Navy’s six Collins-class diesel-electric submarines are delivering improved operational output, just as Australia’s requirement for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) appears to be...
Unmanned Tranformation
"Autonomous Warrior" drive RAN to boost unmanned system roles in sea control, situational awareness.
Royal Australian Navy Task Group-based operations
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is...
Frigates Stepping-Up
Modern frigates are now being equipped with greater capacity to deliver ‘high end’ force protection.
Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group (CSG)
The inaugural deployment in...