The Mission Package philosophy is tied to NATO concepts, indeed, the standardization of interface and procedures are essential for potential interoperability between Navies. Furthermore, the standardization and modularity offer opportunities of cooperation between Nations.
All NATO Navies are therefore facing the challenge of meeting current and future operational requirements while reducing...
The Italian Navy has always had, among its missions, the safeguard of the marine environment, and is strongly oriented to give its contribution to the targets fixed form the European Parliament with the European Green Deal.
In 2012, the Italian Navy launched the Green Fleet initiative, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving national energy security.
To achieve these...
It is well known that during the life-cycle the growth of the shipweight is one of the main source of the performance loss. Stern flaps have been used in many recent designs of transom stern vessels, in particular by the US Navy, to increase top speed or to realize improvements in fuel economy over the operating range. Furthermore, stern flap implementation has also become a practical retrofit...
When subjected to a no contact underwater explosions (UNDEX), naval composite structures show highly nonlinear deformations. In this paper, fiberglass composite laminates are characterized dynamically. Experimentally, modal analyses are carried out to determine the modal parameters of the specimens, while dedicated shock tests are performed using the MIL S 901 D Medium Weight Shock Machine to...
Using a Maritime Unmanned System (MUS) always involves a trade-off between the ability to autonomously accomplish tasks of increasing difficulty and the possibility for a human operator to take decisions concerning the ongoing mission. This aspect requires a communication architecture to share frequently updated information between the MUS and a Command and Control Station (C2S), capable of...
