Dear all, On Friday 25th March 2022, 11:00-13:00, the Centre for Sea Power and Strategy and the Maritime Transport Research Group are hosting a talk by Vice Admiral Keith Blount, Commander of NATO’s Allied Maritime Command on ‘Maritime Security Threats in the 21st Century’. Vice Admiral Keith Blount is NATO’s principal maritime adviser and has… Continue reading HOW NATO ENSURES DETERRENCE AND DEFENCE ON THE SEAS
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY
The University of Plymouth through the Centre for Sea Power and Strategy (CSS) was the only British academic institution which was invited to participate for the first time in the “Shared Awareness and De-confliction for the Mediterranean Sea” (SHADE MED) https://www.operationirini.eu/event/shade-med-2021/ Conference which took place in Rome between the 7-8 October. SHADE MED is a… Continue reading CLIMATE CHANGE AND MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY
NATO MARITIME COMMAND AND THE CENTRE FOR SEAPOWER AND STRATEGY HOST 4TH SEA POWER CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH
NATO Allied Maritime Command and the Centre for Seapower and Strategy at the University of Plymouth (formerly the Dartmouth Centre for Seapower and Strategy) co-hosted their Fourth Sea Power Conference at the University of Plymouth on 27-28 September 2021. This fourth joint conference, and the first since the COVID-19 pandemic, explored the application of sea… Continue reading NATO MARITIME COMMAND AND THE CENTRE FOR SEAPOWER AND STRATEGY HOST 4TH SEA POWER CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH
USAF TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE IN FLORIDA RECEIVES ITS FIRST SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ROBOT DOGS
BY CHRIS LAVERS The US Air Force (USAF) at Tyndall has just announced the arrival of its first official semi-autonomous robot dogs to its Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida, for establishment patrols [1]. Such quad-legged unmanned ground vehicles (Q-UGVs) are now being integrated into the 325th Security Forces Squadron’s daily activities. This particular quad… Continue reading USAF TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE IN FLORIDA RECEIVES ITS FIRST SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ROBOT DOGS
UK SPACE COMMAND GOES BOLDLY WHERE THE UK HAS GONE BEFORE
The UK Ministry of Defence has just announced establishment of its fledgling Space Command, with the intent to commence launching its own rockets from the UK in 2022. To this ends has appointed UK Space Command Senior Military Official Commander, Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey OBE, MA, FRAeS BY CHRIS LAVERS The UK Space Command is… Continue reading UK SPACE COMMAND GOES BOLDLY WHERE THE UK HAS GONE BEFORE
SATELLITE-BASED DEVELOPMENTS IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING
Today, environmental stresses on resources are not the only factors involved in natural, or man-made, societal destabilisation. Societal infrastructure composes many important and often inter-related categories: water, food, health services, emergency services, environmental protection, and electricity, etc., where large-scale disruption could be devastating especially to complex urban mega-cities. However, to military and civilian crisis management… Continue reading SATELLITE-BASED DEVELOPMENTS IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING
GREEK-UAE RELATIONS WEBINAR
Dear All, The Dartmouth Centre for Sea Power and Strategy at University of Plymouth in collaboration with the Hellenic National Defence College,are delighted to invite you to a webinar with Dr Marios P Efthymiopoulos which will take place on the 22nd January at 1600-1730 UK time. Dr Marios P Efthymiopoulos is an Associate Professor of… Continue reading GREEK-UAE RELATIONS WEBINAR
WEBINAR “US POLICY AND RUSSIA TO 2024”
Dear All, The Dartmouth Centre for Sea Power and Strategy at University of Plymouth in collaboration with the Hellenic National Defence College, are delighted to invite you to a webinar (see zoom link below) with Professor Graeme Herd which will take place on the 17th December at 1600-1730 UK time (1800 Greek Time). Dr. Graeme… Continue reading WEBINAR “US POLICY AND RUSSIA TO 2024”
WEBINAR ON COMBATING PIRACY IN THE GULF OF GUINEA: LESSONS FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA EXPERIENCE
Dear All, I would like to inform you that The Dartmouth Centre for Sea Power and Strategy at University of Plymouth will organise a webinar on the 2nd November (1600-1730 UK time) on Combating Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: Lessons from the Horn of Africa Experience. Professor James Bergeron (Honorary Professor at University of… Continue reading WEBINAR ON COMBATING PIRACY IN THE GULF OF GUINEA: LESSONS FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA EXPERIENCE
SPACE FLIGHT LABORATORY ANNOUNCES NEW LINE OF COST-EFFECTIVE CUBESATS TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SATELLITE MISSION RANGE
By Chris Lavers Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a developer of microspace missions for over 21 years, has announced a new line of high-performance, low-cost CubeSat buses. The 3U (“THUNDER”), 6U (“SPARTAN”) and 12U/16U (“JAEGER”) CubeSats complement SFL’s legacy suite of space-heritage nano-satellites and micro-satellites, fulfilling mission size requirements from 3 kg to 500 kg.… Continue reading SPACE FLIGHT LABORATORY ANNOUNCES NEW LINE OF COST-EFFECTIVE CUBESATS TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SATELLITE MISSION RANGE