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VT Halter Marine recently laid the keel to signify the beginning of the construction for the first of two auxiliary personnel lighter - small (APL(S)) berthing barges for the U.S. Navy.
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JUNE 2019 news
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VT Halter Marine recently laid the keel to signify the beginning of the construction for the first of two auxiliary personnel lighter - small (APL(S)) berthing barges for the U.S. Navy.
The Vietnamese People's Navy (VPN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) held a joint naval exercise off the Southeastern coast of Vietnam on June 17, according to a JMSDF official statement.
The flight deck of the Indian Navy's sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will be equipped with indigenous landing aids after the Navy expressed dissatisfaction with the original Russian equipment.
India is likely to acquire 10 more Boeing P-8I Poseidon aircraft for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations and for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). Those aircraft would come in addition to the eight aircraft it has already acquired in 2009 for the Navy.
The U.S. Navy successfully completed a series of guided-flight tests with the Raytheon's RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) Block 2A short-range, surface-to-air missiles. Testing occurred at the Naval Air Warfare Center in California, and from the Navy's self-defence test ship off the coast of Southern California.
On June 14, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) dedicated a new Submarine Maintenance Facility. The dedication marked the next crucial step in the NNSY's realisation of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan that will enhance the capability of the 4 public shipyards to meet the mission of delivering ships back to the fleet on time and within budget.
Lockheed Martin's Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded a $US 76,5 million cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract to exercise options for AEGIS development and test sites operation and maintenance at the Combat Systems Engineering Development Site, SPY-1A Test Facility and Naval Systems Computing Center.
According to ET Intelligence Group, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), an Indian manufacturer of warships for the Indian Navy, is likely to pick up a revenue growth soon. This may attract investors during the 3-4 coming years because the shipyard is to make frigates for the Indian Navy during this period of time.
The Russian warship Marshal Shaposhnikov will head to sea trials later this year, after completing an overhaul.
Raytheon won a four-year $US 234 million initial low-rate production contract from the U.S. Navy to outfit all of its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships with 23 Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPALS). JPALS are GPS-based precision landing systems that guide aircraft to precision landings in all weather and surface conditions.
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) left from Naval Station Norfolk, June 14, to begin its deployment to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Raytheon has won a $US 29.6 million contract to upgrade U.S. Navy’s Block IV Tomahawk test and related equipment.
Iceland recently became the first European country to use Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) maritime patrol services, particularly adapted to withstand the strong winds and icy conditions common to the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Anzac-class frigate HMAS Arunta officially rejoined the RAN fleet after completing its Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Programme (AMCAP) upgrade.
The German Navy commissioned its first Baden-Württemberg-class (F125-class) frigate, the F222 Baden-Württemberg frigate, on June 17, according to Christian Thiels, in a ceremony held at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) facility.
The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth of the Royal Navy departed Portsmouth on June 17 to conduct flight trials and other forms of training before sailing to the United States in five weeks where it will host the Atlantic Future Forum.
German, Norwegian, Danish and U.S. Navy Sailors from the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise Mine Warfare Task Group came together to clear three World War II-era air-laid mines in the Baltic Sea on June 14, the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center said in a release.
BAE Systems, in an official release, stated that the company has been awarded contracts by Boeing to supply the Vehicle Management Control System (VMCS) and Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System for the MQ-25 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
The Royal Navy recently announced a partnership between the Royal Marines Commando and Anduril Industries, a British company specialised in the design and manufacturing of Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered solutions.
Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of India, a premier DRDO lab making elaborate preparations for the transfer of technology (TOT) on advanced versions of heavy and lightweight torpedoes, along with Visakhapatnam, is poised to find a place in the world map of underwater weapon production.