The Rise and Fall (?) of Somali Pirates
By Boaz Zalmanowicz
Pirates operate in many regions around the world, including the Bengal Bay, Guinea Bay, the Caribbean and the Malaka Straights close to...
Innovative Technology for Maritime Target Detection
Magna BSP developed a special application for various maritime targets detection, such as swimmers, vessels, boats, etc.
One of the most complicated fields, if not...
Cameroon: Navy Receives New Spanish Patrol Vessels
Cameroon’s Navy has taken delivery of two new Spanish patrol boats and a landing craft, providing a major boost to the country in safeguarding...
U.S Coast Guard to Acquire Non-Lethal Impact Munitions
The U.S. Coast Guard is gathering information from suppliers of “Non-Lethal Impact Munitions,” which the Coast Guard might furnish to its maritime boarding teams...
Kenya Received New Danish Lake Patrol Boats
Kenya has taken delivery of two Danish patrol boats for security operations on the country’s two largest lakes. The boats, worth Sh115 million (about...
East African States Strengthen Maritime Security
East African countries continue their joint efforts to bolster maritime security. In November 'Cutlass Express 2013', a large multinational maritime training event in East...
Nigerian Navy Received new Israeli Attack Boats
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has taken delivery of three new 17 metre-long Manta Mk II ASD Littoral Interceptors and one new 25 metre-long Shaldag...
Navy AUV Sets Mission Endurance Record
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Acoustics Division, with Bluefin Robotics, has executed a record setting 507 km (315 mile), long-endurance autonomy research mission...
The New Israeli Navy – Preparing for Future Terror Threats
Far away from the public's eye the Israeli Navy is undergoing a major reform. Alongside the advanced Dolphin submarines, the navy's strategic fleet, the...
UAV Sales Lead to Competition for New Radars
The fast growing use of medium-altitude UAS has created competition to sell the radars they carry. Meanwhile, demand is increasing for a fuller range...
Swedish UAV Used in Anti-Piracy Operation
Saab of Sweden reports its Skeldar unmanned aerial system is being operated from a Spanish navy vessel as part of anti-piracy operations in the...
Homeland Security to Drive Global Military Vessel Market
The global military naval vessel market will earn revenues of $39.99 billion in 2022, up from $32 billion this year, according to a new...
Nigeria Hosts International Naval Exercise
The Nigerian Navy is hosting the combined exercise called African Winds, a program of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) security co-operation program of U.S....
Three New Super Dvora Ships to be Delivered to the Israeli...
IAI Ramta, based in Be'er Sheva, Israel, won a contract for the delivery of three Super Dvora mk. III ships to the Israeli Navy.
The...
Iran’s Great Shiite Fleet
Iran is significantly expanding its naval capabilities as the U.S. Navy removes one of its two aircraft carriers from the Persian Gulf due to...
Homeland Security’s robotic fish put to test in Texas
The Battleship Texas, the goodwill ambassador and museum ship that resides at the San Jacinto State Historic site, is back in the business of...
Mozambique Considers Domestic Production of UAS
Unmanned aircraft could be assembled in Mozambique, under collaboration between the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Engineering Faculty of the...
The UAS market is getting crowded
The Israeli UAS industry is facing fast growing competition.
A new unmanned air systems (UAS) developer and integrator is making its U.S. debut at the...
UAVs in the U.S. coast guard
This spring with the aid of a small, unmanned drone more than half a ton of cocaine was confiscated — signaling the first time...
Japan to buy Israeli made unmanned air systems?
A few days ago, Japanese newspapers revealed that the government should acquire amphibious units like the ones used by the US Marines, as well...
Israeli companies offer solutions for protecting natural resources at sea
The protection of natural resources is a global need, yet the world market for it is growing slowly because of dwindling budgets and disagreements...
$80 million yacht hijacked by students spoofing GPS signals
In June, in international waters some 30 miles off the coast of Italy, the White Rose of Drachs began to drift starboard. Inexplicably, the...
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Soldiers Could Soon Wear Battlefield AI on Their Wrists
Modern soldiers can receive information from drones, sensors and other units, but getting that data to the person who needs it becomes difficult when...
