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Future Navy

Andrew Curlewis
Defence

Babcock’s Arrowhead suppliers’ day a success, confirms Arrowhead pitch for future RNZN solution

October 26, 2023

Following a successful suppliers’ day held in New Zealand for potential future Arrowhead suppliers, Babcock confirms it will formally present its Arrowhead platform as the future solution to the RNZN. In response to the New […]

HMNZS Te Kaha
Defence

The New Zealand Defence Policy and Strategy Statement 2023; what are the implications for the Royal New Zealand Navy

September 21, 2023

Editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener writes that we’ll have to wait until after the upcoming General Election and into next year before we get to learn whether a future New Zealand government will be putting its […]

Adaptable Strike Frigate
Defence

Future Force Design Principles and the next generation Royal New Zealand Navy fleet

September 18, 2023

Andrew Watts considers the Future Force Design Principles 2023 through the lens of capability modularity. Does a modular approach present the most cost effective means for acquiring capability for the full spectrum of potential missions? […]

The Cube
Defence

SH Defence and Navantia sign MoU for development of modular Cube system

January 17, 2023

Modular Cube system is the subject of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) inked recently between SH Defence and Navantia. Danish equipment provider SH Defence and Spain’s Navantia have signed an MoU to explore the […]

Thetis Class
Defence

Modularity: What our partners are doing to build future-focused navies

January 4, 2023

The Royal Navy’s pursuit of capability adaptability should re-assure our own defence policy makers that modularity is worth investigating, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. This article is […]

KALAAT BEN ABBES
Defence

What the Australian Defence Strategic Review could mean for New Zealand naval force structure

April 28, 2022

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HMNZS Te Kaha.
Defence

Sustained Presence: The Royal New Zealand Navy and the Grey Zone

November 10, 2021

Future maritime conflict will be conducted in the grey zone. It’s a reality that New Zealand cannot ignore, and it has implications for the next generation of naval capability, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal […]

HMNZS Manawanui
Defence

Modularity and the Shape of New Zealand’s Next Naval Fleet

September 26, 2021

Emerging naval doctrine supports the idea of a future navy based on modularity, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. This article is part of Line of Defence Magazine’s […]

AUKUS announcement
Defence

Wayne Mapp: Reflections on the implications of AUKUS for New Zealand’s Navy

September 20, 2021

In the wake of last week’s AUKUS announcement, decisions around what to replace New Zealand’s Anzac class frigates with have become immediately more important, writes former Defence Minister Dr Wayne Mapp. This article is part […]

HMNZS Aotearoa
Beyond Pacific

The failure of US counterinsurgency and the rise of the Indo Pacific

September 17, 2021

With the Afghanistan withdrawal allowing the US to sharpen its focus on the Indo Pacific, former Defence Minister Dr Wayne Mapp considers New Zealand’s position in the context of an energised or expanded Quad grouping. […]

Babcock Arrowhead 140
Defence

Building New Zealand’s Future Navy: Beyond ‘like for like’ replacement

September 10, 2021

The need to replace half of the RNZN’s fleet by the mid 2030s presents a rare opportunity to move away from simply considering like for like replacements, writes Editor-at-large Peter Greener, and to consider newer […]

HMCS Harry DeWolf
Defence

The Next Three Years: Less deployments, less dollars for the NZDF

April 19, 2021

Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp forecasts a decline in NZDF deployments over the next three years, and less money to spend. For the time being, he writes, deployments and spending should be targeted closer to […]

Future maritime helicopter
Defence

New Zealand’s future maritime helicopter options

October 26, 2020

With its Seasprites due for replacement in 2027, the Defence shopping list includes nine maritime helicopters. Editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener surveys the market and considers the main contenders. This article is part of Line of Defence […]

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