Interview with the UK Maritime Component Commander (UKMCC), Commodore Phil Dennis, during NAVDEX 2023 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

[VIDEO] Cmdr. Steven S Whitworth, Commanding Officer, USS Sioux City (LCS 11) discusses the Freedom type Littoral Combat Ship recent deployments to US 4th, 5th and 6th Fleet area of operations. He also discusses how the LCS design makes a good mothership for unmanned systems and a good platform for ...

Video on my visit aboard USS Cooperstown

[VIDEO] Interview with VADM Brad Cooper, @US5thFleet
during #IDEX2023
#TaskForce59 achieved full operational capability
100 unmanned vehicles by the summer
Integration of USV from &
Cooperation with and
Forward basing of LCS

Another rare / exclusive access: I could see up-close an MQ-4C Triton last month (but I couldn't really film it on my own nor walk around it...)

Two things are happening in the Black Sea which together could shift the dynamic in Russia’s favor. Russia has copied Ukraine’s’ maritime drones and started using them. At the same time, a decision by Elon Musk to limit Starlink use may stop Ukraine using their own. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-n...

[VIDEO] U.S. Pacific Fleet by Admiral Sam Paparo 🇺🇸⚓️ Interview with Admiral Sam Paparo, US Pacific Fleet Commander ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡️ What is PACFLEET ➡️ What are the challenges (spoiler: China, Russia, North Korea...) ➡️ Key partners in the region 🇫🇷,🇯🇵,🇵🇭,🇰🇷,🇦🇺,🇳🇿 ➡️ Importance of large exercises https:...

Discover the French Navy's New OPV for the Indo-Pacific Presentation of the first POM (Patrouilleur Outre-Mer or Offshore Patrol Vessel - OPV - for the overseas territories), the "Auguste Bénébig", by its commander. This new French Navy (Marine Nationale) vessel will be based in Noumea, Ne...

I paid a visit to MARTAC last month:

Royal Navy’s Mine-Hunting ‘Mother Ship’ Arrives In Plymouth A specialist ship bought to support Royal Navy mine-hunting operations – a mother ship to launch drones to find and destroy undersea threats – has arrived in Plymouth. ... Note that, as previously reported by Naval News , the OSV acquisiti...

UK Seeks Commercial OSV To Act As Blue-Water Mine Warfare Mothership The UK is bolstering its mine warfare capability with the acquisition of a commercial vessel that will be used to deploy autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Using a commercial vessel will provide an available platform to suppor...

JCG MQ-9B SeaGuardian MALE UAV started operations


Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) International Fleet Review

Part 2 of our coverage aboard Ford.
Interview with the Commanding Officer:

Aboard USS Gerald R.Ford during Exercise Silent Wolverine

Future Dutch Submarine: Saab C71 Submarine (based on A26) Interview with Saab and Damen on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The Swedish shipbuilder is proposing the C71 submarine which is based on the future A26 Blekinge-class (two of which are under production for...

BAE Systems Starts Floating Off First Type 26 Frigate The first Type 26 City Class frigate, HMS GLASGOW, has begun the float off process, which will see her enter the water for the first time. Over the coming days, the ship, currently weighing nearly 6,000 tonnes, will undertake a series of complex...

Future Dutch Submarine: TKMS Type 212CD E Interview with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The German shipbuilder is proposing a submarine based on the future Type 212CD (already ordered by the German Navy and Royal Norwegian Na...

Future Dutch Submarine: Naval Group's Conventional Barracuda Interview with Naval Group on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The French shipbuilder is proposing a conventional submarine based on the Barracuda type nuclear-powered submarine (in service with the Frenc...

I interviewed the head of the Dutch DMO (defense materiel organization) on:
- Future submarines
- ASWF frigates
- rMCM
- Impact of war in Ukraine

​Aboard Air Defense FREMM LORRAINE Brief presentation of the FREMM DA (Air Defense) LORRAINE (D657), the 8th and final FREMM Frigate built by Naval Group for the French Navy (Marine Nationale). Naval News had the rare chance to embark on LORRAINE as the vessel departed the Naval Group shipyard in L...

Many new systems have achieved IOC aboard the new Sa'ar 6...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems at Euronaval 2022

My coverage of "PANG" (as the Americans call it) on day 1 at Euronaval: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHHs8QYxMlQ And my Story: Euronaval 2022: Latest PANG Aircraft Carrier Design Breaks Cover https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/euronaval-2022/2022/10/euronaval-2022-latest-pang-aircraft...

Interview with BAE on Adaptable Strike Frigate in our day 1 video at 06:58 (also includes French PANG and BAE's XLUUV Herne)