Warship Technology

Warship Technology is published by The Royal Institution of Naval Architects five times a year.

Warship Technology adopts a technical rather than political approach to naval defence, giving in-depth coverage to the design, construction and outfitting of naval vessels worldwide.

Editor: David Foxwell

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Articles from the latest issue of Warship Technology

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Carrier report makes sober reading

At the end of November the Commons Public Accounts Committee in the UK published its 56th report of the Session 2010-12, on the basis of evidence from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a report that provided a bleak view of the UK Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth class carrier programme.

Globalisation underpins role of class

Navies and naval shipbuilders are turning more and more to classification societies to oversee new designs and class newbuildings, in order to help them build higher quality, more environmentally friendly vessels that can compete on the export market.

Nordic navies to expand their horizons

Nordic navies are continuing to change their roles from local, or regional, defence to participation international peacekeeping or humanitarian relief missions. Yet, in some ways, they are facing the ‘calm before the storm’, or at least squall, with a slow build-up towards some major programmes.