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by Stuart Slade, Senior Naval Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Replacing the five original LHAs was an urgent requirement; the ships were old, had been worked hard, and had reached the …
Was the LHA-6 a Good Idea? Read Moreby Stuart Slade, Senior Naval Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Sea-Air-Space Symposium, Washington – One of the topics that invariably comes up at a meeting of naval-oriented people concerns the iniquities …
We Should Never Have . . . Read MoreBy Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The Royal Canadian Navy recently hired a barge to transport fuel into the Arctic for two of its maritime coastal defense vessels …
Canada’s Supply Ship Problem Read More
by Stuart Slade, Warships Analyst, Forecast International. A successful warship design needs to get four things right. Three of them are obvious. The ship must have the firepower needed to …
The Importance of a Warship’s Fourth Dimension Read More by Stuart Slade, Warships Analyst, Forecast International. Within a period of 20 years, dating from around 1960, when the first production gas turbine-powered ships entered service, to the early 1980s, …
Is This the End of Gearing? Read More by Stuart Slade, Forecast International. The latest updates to Forecast International’s Industrial and Marine Gas Turbine Database show that the conflict in Ukraine is having a serious impact on Russian …
Russian Warship Construction Crippled by Gas Turbine Shortage Read More by Dan Darling, Forecast International. With an election just two months away and funding pressures bearing down on its budget, Britain’s Ministry of Defence has topped up spending on the …
Britain’s Trident Nuclear Deterrent Replacement Program is a Political, Financial Headache Read More By Stuart Slade, Forecast International Speaking before the Surface Navy Association, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that the Navy would rename the modified Littoral Combat Ships it plans to …
Navy Secretary Uses the F-Word Read More By Rebecca Edwards, Forecast International The Brazilian Navy is planning an extensive modernization program for its aircraft carrier, the São Paulo (A 12). The program is intended to extend the …
Brazil Plans Extensive Modernization for São Paulo Aircraft Carrier Read More