ITS Carlo Bergamini on Operation Atalanta Deployment
Constant commitment of the Navy, to guarantee the safety and free use of maritime spaces of national strategic interest and of the entire enlarged Mediterranean region. In this context, the…
Nuclear Submarines and Defence Strategic Review
UNSW Canberra at The Australian Defence Force Academy has experts available to analyse Australia’s decision-making around the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines and other recommendations of the final report of the…
HMS Tamar Makes Rare Port Call to Diego Garcia
Crew of the patrol ship concentrated on safeguarding the environment in the British Indian Ocean Territory, ensuring the remote island chain’s rare wildlife was not disturbed by the illegal actions…
U212 NFS Critical Design Review Achieved
On 15 February, at the meeting room “Torricelli” of the U212 NFS Program Division, the NFS program has met a significant milestone, the Critical Design Review (CDR), a fundamental step…
OCCAR Announces Australia as First Lightweight Torpedo Program Participant
On 28 February 2023, after signature by the Nations of the Program Decision and Memorandum of Understanding, the OCCAR-EA Director Joachim Sucker and the Director of EuroTorp Giovanni Oliveri signed…
Questions and Answers on the EU Maritime Security Strategy
Why is maritime security important? The prosperity and the security of the European Union and its Member States depend on a safe and secure ocean. Over 80% of global trade…
Germany Completes Participation in Neptune Strike 2023.1
Since 2021, NATO has been demonstrating its ability to work from the Mediterranean to the Alliance’s north-eastern flank in the Baltic Sea region. Above all, US aircraft carriers are involved,…
FS Arago’s PACIFIC AITO Mission Detailed
From January 23 to February 17, the patrol boat Arago contributed to strengthening maritime security off French Polynesia as part of the PACIFIC AITO mission. To do this, the French…
Assessment of the Recent Charles de Gaulle Deployment
For nearly 110 days, the Naval Air Group (GAN) articulated around the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle was deployed as part of the ANTARES mission. The 3,000 French and allied…
First NBC Washdown Test on a Class 125 Frigate
Functioning processes on board a warship are particularly important in the ABC Atomic, Biological, Chemical-Defense essential and an important building block for operational capability. At the beginning of February, the…