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Surface, Air and Seabed Warfare - 2024 Agenda

Surface, Air and Seabed Warfare - 2024 Agenda

We are delighted to share the official preliminary agenda for the first annual, Surface, Air and Seabed Warfare (SASW) conference. We will delve into the highest priorities for naval planners, in delivering next generation capability and meeting future challenges.

Covering a range of the most pressing topics, SASW 2024 will examine how technology and innovation will drive improving naval capabilities across domains, facilitating greater potential in meeting the challenges of the next 20+ years.

  • Admiral Juan Andres de la Maza Larrain, Commander-in-chief Chilean Navy (Subject to final confirmation)
  • Vice Admiral James Pitts, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations - Warfighting Requirements & Capabilities US Navy
  • Rear Admiral James Parkin, Director Develop,  Royal Navy
  • Commodore Steve Bolton, Deputy Director Aviation Programmes and Futures, Royal Navy
  • Commander Dan Weil, UK Director, London Tech Bridge - NavalX

Download the 2024 Agenda Here >>


Summary and Analysis of Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2023

Summary and Analysis of Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2023

The following report summarises and analyses the findings of the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for FY 2023 while also bringing to light the possible paths the USN Ship Inventory may take.

The US Navy is going through a shift as a mixture of new philosophies, geopolitical pressures, and technologies are converging. Not to mention it is still feeling the impacts of the stalling caused by covid.

As it enters a new era of near-peer competition, the Navy hopes to decrease ship sizes while increasing ship numbers. Investing in a myriad of technologies, especially unmanned, the USN will expand its capability envelope, thus ensuring naval supremacy.


This report:

• Summarises the current shipbuilding plan of the USN

• Highlights the current challenges faced by the USN in shipbuilding

• Identifies the USN goals and ambitions in terms of industrial cooperation