Thales is launching Sonar 76Nano, a compact, miniaturised acoustic detection system designed to meet maritime security ...

Possible use cases include equipping underwater drones to act as an uncrewed “loyal wingman” for a nuclear attack submarine, ...

The US Navy's oldest active submarine is back for operations in the Pacific after a three-year maintenance period. The USS Ohio is a first-in-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine. The ...

The USS F-1's wreck, seen in a photogrammetric reconstruction drawn from several photos taken of it. After more than 100 years, we have the first actual image of the wreck of a sunken U.S. Navy ...

-Designed in the 1970s with an emphasis on stealth, the seven boats were coated in anechoic tiles to reduce their acoustic signature. -Initially armed with Spearfish torpedoes for anti-submarine ...

Key Points and Summary - In 2015, HMS Talent—a Trafalgar-class attack sub—struck floating ice while tracking Russian submarines, ripping a six-foot hole in her fin and shedding anechoic tiles. -The ...

Both listening and active sonar can be foiled by coating the boat with rubber tiles, which absorb noise coming from inside the hull and soak up sonar beams striking the vessel. Another machinery noise ...

The US Navy is widely regarded for its global undersea superiority, a distinction which the service is intensely working to preserve through extensive modernization and submarine production. Today’s ...

Indian Naval Ship (INS) Arnala at sea. Credit: X/Defence PRO Visakhapantnam Providing a much-needed shot in the arm for the Indian Navy’s capability to combat submarines in shallow waters, the first ...

Because of the specialized nature of submarines, a distinct military strategy called anti-submarine warfare, or ASW, was created to counter them. Its primary objective is to defend ships and allied ...

It's an interesting thought that certain aspects of future warfare may not include the loss of human life as autonomous systems battle it out over air and sea. Air drones are fairly common, but wait, ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy officially has a new “backbone” of its submarine fleet that is bigger, faster, quieter, and has more endurance and firepower than the Vietnam War-era design it passed by in ...