According to a press release published on September 11, 2020, Swedish Company Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defence for the RBS15 anti-ship missile for provision to the German Navy.
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September 2020 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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According to a press release published on September 11, 2020, Swedish Company Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defence for the RBS15 anti-ship missile for provision to the German Navy.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces are participating in Exercise Valiant Shield (VS), Sept. 14-25, on Guam and around the Mariana Islands Range Complex.
The Swedish Armed Forces Materiel Administration (FMV) delivered another upgraded Tapper-class patrol boat to the 1st Marine Regiment, the main combat unit of the Swedish Amphibious Corps. HMS Ärlig joined the four patrol boats already handed over to the 17th Amphibious Patrol Boat Company based in Göteborg.
According to a press release published on September 10, 2020, Rohde & Schwarz contracted to provide secure communications and direction finding systems for two 94 meter multi-role response vessels (MRRV) for the Philippine Coast Guard.
The Australian Morrison Government’s National Shipbuilding Program has reached another milestone with the keel laying for the first Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) under construction in WA, HMAS Pilbara.
According to a press release published by Thales, the company is working alongside the Indonesian Navy to modernize its multi-role light frigate KRI Usman-Harun with open-architecture systems to guarantee effectiveness for decades to come.
According to pictures released by the U.S. DoD on September 3, 2020, the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support Joint Interagency Task Force South's mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at 11.30 am, the corvette "Magdeburg" will leave the home port of Warnemünde and set out with her 60-strong crew to Limassol (Cyprus).
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed Portsmouth, with 820NAS Merlins on deck, for a short-cruise, ahead of training drills with U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, Heading for ex JointWarrior and Carrier Strike GROUPEX including US and Dutch warships.
On September 4, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Philippe Goffin visited the entire defense diving community at Zeebrugge naval base. The Defense Diving School is part of the Land component and provides diving training for all Defense divers.
On 28th August, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) held a keel-laying. The keel-laying was for the second of three Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) that DSCT is building for the South African Navy’s Project BIRO. The inspection was a unique event, planned to ensure the well-being of delegates during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As well as stringent safety measures on location, physical attendance was reduced to a minimum, with the majority attending remotely with digital conference facilities.
Kalashnikov has developed the Haska-10 transport hovercraft. The main purpose of the vessel is to transport cargo and passengers at sea and in areas with shallow water and inhospitable coast.
As the first of two Swedish Navy's corvettes due to be modified has now been launched, the mid-life upgrade program enters the next phase, with completion of installations and integration of different systems.
HMS Enterprise worked with Cypriot partners for a search and rescue exercise in the Mediterranean. The survey ship joined the Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre, the Republic of Cyprus Police Aviation Unit and 84 Squadron, from RAF Akrotiri, for the annual training.
Recently, HMA Ships Brisbane and Anzac of the Royal Australian Navy have conducted high-end simulated sea combat on opposite coasts as part of Exercise VIKING RAIDER.
According to BPMD live journal, Sokolskaya Shipyard JSC (Nizhny Novgorod Region) has completed the construction of the head torpedo boat TL-2195 of project 1388N3T (serial number 451) for the Russian Navy.
Recently, the Eastern Theater Command of the People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) launched a practical training composed of Chaozhou and Quanzhou corvettes. The naval gun turned quickly and the radar was high. Following the commander's order, a round of shells roared out, accurately hitting a maritime target several nautical miles away.
CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd.- a company specializing in the field of electro-optics and IR defense and homeland security solutions – has been selected to supply iSea-25HD observation systems for installation on the new ships under construction at L&T’s shipyards in India, and vessels being built for the Vietnamese Border Guard, by Hong Ha shipyards in Vietnam. The systems will be delivered during 2020 and 2021.
The offshore patrol vessel, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16), will undergo sea trials starting on September 8 2020, to check whether it is ready for deployment after its engine room caught fire last May, a Philippine Navy official said Monday.
The Department of Defense and the US Navy awarded to Fincantieri’s subsidiary, Marinette Marine (FMM), a $7 million contract for design and engineering work of the Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV), the future large-size unmanned surface vessels, able to operate without a crew on board.