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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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…

Submarine Exports: Growing Market, Expanding Supplier Base

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This month’s Hot News reports on new models of Chinese submarines designed and offered for export. That the Chinese company displaying their designs chose Bangkok as the venue is no surprise, given the 2016 Government of Thailand decision to acquire Chinese submarines. And that sale marked the second “breakthrough” submarine export sale for China, following…

Demand For Amphibious Ships Stays Strong

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This month’s newsletter reports on two amphibious ship developments of the retirement of the US Navy’s (USN) USS Ponce after 46 years of service, and the possible decommissioning and availability of the Royal Navy (RN) HMS Ocean, HMS Albion, and HMS Bulwark expeditionary lift platforms. A closer look at how these seemingly separate market events…

Naval Market Outlook: Caribbean and Latin America

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The Caribbean and Latin America region represents a relatively small share of the global naval market—less than 3% of US$1T on new construction naval platforms. However, that doesn’t mean the eleven countries AMI covers in the region receive less attention. As a closer look at the region’s naval market shows, Latin America remains of high…

Turkish Naval Procurements – A Closer Look

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The Naval Systems Seminar (NSS) (16 – 17 October 2017 in Ankara, Turkey) has become a useful venue for taking the pulse of the Turkish naval market. As reflected in the sustained interest in NSS, Turkey remains an attractive market as it expands both the size and capability of its sea services. This is despite…