The Surface Warships 2018 is a conference that covers topics such as:

• Ndp concept design processes and tools

• Overview of the naval design partnership

• Britain’s blueprint for success

• Ship design project examples including type 26 concept phase and associated studies

• Training future royal navy personnel to operate in versatile environments

• State of the art propulsion systems for surface vessels

• The role of surface combatants in rapid deployment operations

• Innovative danish shipbuilding for unique operational environments

• The process of standardisation and technological evaluation

• The operational need for nato interoperability in military ad-hoc ip networks at sea

• Current standardisation and on-board implementation status

• Role of reproducible and cost-effective performance testing

• Improving the transference of data and intelligence between vessels to uphold information superiority in the battle space domain

• Working with existing c4i systems; the challenges and objections to their capabilities

• The role of the current surface combatants in operational use with the philippines navy

• Allowing for multi-national interoperability through an open architecture design

• Ensure immediate deployment of its surface combatant fleet by outlining the navy’s strategies

• The brb ramon alcaraz frigate; successfully integrating the frigate into future maritime operations

• The future of shipbuilding programmes in the italian navy

• The f110 frigate; a solution to mission modularity

• Chinese naval capabilities and potential as a future maritime power

• Maritime capability development in eda for europe