Defense budget are shrinking and human resources are becoming more critical, while operational needs of Warships increase and change in the life cycle to face new threats.
To achieve the best balance between operational availability (Ao) and costs all along the life cycle, the sustainability requires a correct initial definition of the support followed by its continuous optimization,...
Submarines are vehicles where efficiency plays a key role in energy management: conventional submarines, with a diesel engine to recharge the batteries, rely on full electric propulsion.
The search for better performance in terms of efficiency and energy storage capacity, has led the World Navies with submarines, to develop alternatives to the classic lead-acid batteries.
The decision of the...
Nowadays, underwater hulls have a wide range of applications both in the military and in scientific, commercial and security fields. Next to Submarines, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are increasingly spreading thanks to their capabilities to carry out a significant variety of missions, including interacting with underwater infrastructures, coastal and underwater inspections,...
The sea mines are in the rank of the most infamous weapons of the war history and they are back again stronger than ever.
The 20th century witnessed the technical evolution of mines as well as the evolution of systems and platforms to counter them. Mine CounterMeasures (MCM) run after the evolution of the threat in an overwhelming technological competition.
Since the very end of...
The paper conceives a flexible new generation Destroyer (DDX, Destroyer, Experimental) with primary focus on low environmental footprint, high efficiency and high reliability. The ship implements an innovative propulsion power generation and storage system based on a CODOGOL (COmbined Diesel Or Gas Or eLectric) architecture and a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).
The proposed modular...
