Year: 2018

The Market for Surface Ship Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW) Missiles

The Market for Surface Ship Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW) Missiles   In June 2018, AMI reviewed recent trends in the surface combatant radar market, noting how new technologies and materials are reshaping an already crowded and competitive market segment.   This month we will look at another surface combatant system segment–anti-surface warfare (ASUW) missiles–where similar trends are…

Asia-Pacific Submarine Market Perspectives – Part I

Asia-Pacific Submarine Market Perspectives – Part I In this month’s Hot News, we cover two different submarine programs in the Asia-Pacific (A-P) region.  Articles detail how Malaysia and Taiwan are sustaining investments in key submarine programs and technologies, ensuring the capability to operate in the undersea domain for decades to come. AMI reporting on these…

Asia-Pacific Submarine Market Perspectives Part II

Asia-Pacific Submarine Market Perspectives Part II In May’s Hot News, we took a look at the submarine market in the Asia-Pacific (A-P) region as a whole. This month we dive down into specific program and country trends. Most of the new submarine programs in the A-P region are found in countries that are seeking to improve already-capable…

Close-In-Weapon Systems (CIWS) Remain Essential to Ship Self Protection

In this month’s issue we report on the recent Canadian contract to sustain and modernize its Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS). This is one of several contracts awarded in the past year for similar systems, underscoring the importance of ship defense against increasing lethal missile threats. It’s hard to believe the first CIWS systems were…

Naval Auxiliaries: An Overlooked Market Segment?

This month’s Hot News Modernization issue reports on three market developments related to auxiliary ships. This is a timely reminder that these vital components of any naval fleet, often overlooked, come in many shapes, sizes and designs. All are critical to sustaining “leading edge” force structure elements, from destroyers and frigates to submarines, amphibious ships…

Destroyer and Frigate Modernization Outlook

News from the recently concluded U.S. Surface Navy Association Annual Conference and Expo highlights the wide interest in the latest frigate and destroyer developments. The “return” (after a post-Cold War hiatus) of peer-peer national competition in the global maritime domain, coupled with the accelerating development of new generations of lethal naval weapons (missiles, long range…