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In this exclusive interview, Commodore Duncan Lamb, ACOS Afloat Support & Commodore, Royal Fleet Auxiliary discusses the role of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in supporting the deployment of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in 2021, and outlines the elements that are driving requirements for the Royal Navy’s next support ships....

In this exclusive interview conducted ahead of Support Ships 2020, Rear Admiral Jean-Mathieu Rey, Deputy Commander of the Support Service of the Fleet, French Navy discusses the Charles de Gaulles's recent maintenance and mid-life upgrade, the French Navy’s approach to designing support ships for an aircraft carrier, and preparing for...

The naval support ships market is forecast at US$10 billion over the next ten years, as many navies are undertaking acquisition programmes to recapitalise their afloat replenishment and maritime logistics capabilities.Ahead of the Support Ships 2020 conference, Defence IQ have compiled a market report outlining current global trends of the...

Ahead of this year's Support Ships Conference, we spoke exclusively to Rear Admiral Dee Mewbourne, Commander, Military Sealift Command about the role that MSC plays in supporting US operations and how innovations in fleet maintenance and the defence supply chain are having an impact on our community. This article will cover: How...

The value of the market for Naval Support Ships is forecast at $10 Billion over the next 10 years.  A number of navies are undertaking acquisition programmes intended to recapitalise their afloat replenishment and maritime logistics capabilities. This report will explore selected programmes and requirements, followed by a holdings report...

With insights from over 100 individuals within the maritime sector this report demonstrates how the support ship market needs to adapt in order to exploit a digitised military supply chain, and what the complexity and speed of global maritime operations will mean for the way that growing naval support and...

The United States Department of Defense has awarded Austal USA, as the prime contractor, a $21,070,175 order against a previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to accomplish the Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) execution for the Littoral Combat Ship USS Manchester (LCS 14).

With less than a month now to go until Support Ships (25 - 27 February) the confirmed attendee list is now available to view by submitting the form below. The 2020 summit has confirmed representatives from 18 nations, including:BelgiumCanadaGermanyItalyNetherlandsSouth KoreaSpainSri LankaUnited Kingdom United States. Download the attendee list by submitting the form...

NATO and its partners are increasing their investment into ocean sciences into their defence budgets, not only for the enduring need for oceanographic and hydrographic survey to ensure safe navigation of international waters and the vast collection of commercial and ecological uses of environmental data, but also for navies to...

Navies across the world are shifting their strategic thinking onto oceanographic and hydrographic vessels, ocean systems, submarines and maritime unmanned vehicles as they could enable them to achieve maritime dominance over adversaries. NATO's Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation is in the lead when it comes to research and experimentation...

Communication and data sharing are a vital element of successful combined operations and C2 structures across all allied systems must be interoperable and compatible in order to achieve true interoperability.Defence IQ had the opportunity to discuss with Commander Andreas Uhl from the Department of Planning in the Group Future Development...