For unclear reasons, Romania is desperately trying to win the Dutch Damen at the expense of Naval Group … who won the tender. Paris is ready to step up to defend the offer of naval group. Naval Group could certainly lose the…
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Unions have told Ministers that shipbuilding in Britain could face multiple yard closures in 2019 if they continue to use European regulations to avoid building support vessels in the UK. Minister for Defence Procurement, Stewart Andrew MP, who invited competitive…
The recent advice from the chief of Australia’s navy that the first Shortfin Barracuda may not come into service until the mid-2030s is sobering news given Australia’s deteriorating strategic circumstances and the critical role the submarine capability plays in our defence force structure. Under some…
In an incident that has attracted relatively little media attention in Australia, the modern 5,300-ton Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad sankin a Norwegian fjord after a collision with the large Maltese-registered oil tanker Sola TS. It’s now clear what happened. In the early hours of…
The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson, the third and last of the futuristic Zumwalt-class destroyers, launched Sunday at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. Delivery is set for 2020. The Zumwalt’s design dates to the early 2000s, and it was intended to be a great leap forward for…
Scheepswerf Gardec uit Zeebrugge bouwt voor 8 miljoen euro een nieuw droogdok. Tegelijk raakte bekend dat Gardec meespeelt in de kandidatuur van scheepsbouwer Damen voor de nieuwe Belgisch-Nederlandse mijnenbestrijdingsvloot. Niet één maar twee Zeebrugse scheepswerven dingen mee naar het contract…
Marek Świerczyński, editor of Polityka magazine and security expert in an article in Polityka Insight (on 3 December) shares the sensational information that the French government agency DGA (Direction générale de l’Armament) has supsended support for the Naval Group shipyard…
The first of Australia’s new submarines could arrive late and cost substantially more than expected as Defence attempts to finalise the terms of the $50 billion project. Senior sources confirmed the “unprecedented” offer to allow an extra two years and…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron are close to finishing $50 billion submarine building contract. Australia’s $50 billion deal with France to build new submarines will be personally dealt with between Scott Morrison and Emmanuel Macron in…
In Noelsspeak spreekt econoom en Econopolis-stichter Geert Noels zich maandelijks onomwonden uit. Vandaag argumenteert hij waarom ons land aansluiting moet zoeken bij het Hanzeverbond. De best bestuurde landen ter wereld zijn klein, sociaal coherent en stabiel. Helaas komt België niet…