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January 2020 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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Royal Navy F-35 pilots have left the UK to take part in a multi-national combat exercise in the USA for the first time. Group Captain Jim Beck, RAF Marham Station Commander said: "This is another first for the Lightning Force and will give the opportunity for our pilots to relly put the F-35s to the test in a combat-representative environment."
The funding aims to revolutionise the way warships make decisions and process thousands of strands of intelligence and data by using Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).
Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL launched the first diesel-electric submarine built in Indonesia on April 11, 2019, in Surabaya. The Alugoro (405) is the third of the Nagapasa-class submarine (also known as the DSME 1400 design or Improved Chang Bogo-class) for the Indonesian Navy.
On January 20 and 21 the anti-piracy exercise between the ships of the Baltic Fleet and the Japanese MSDF was held in the Arabian sea for the first time.
Edouard Philippe, the French Prime Minister, and Florence Parly, the Minister of Armies, embarked on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on January 22 2020, on the occasion of its departure on Foch mission. As announced by the President of the French Republic, the Aeronaval Group will be deployed in the eastern Mediterranean for a month where it will enhance France’s participation in the fight against terrorism. Then, the Aeronaval group will continue its mission in the Atlantic and the North Sea and participate in several multinational exercises.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday announced the selection of domestic and foreign defense companies for the construction of six diesel-electric submarines with air-independent propulsion technology as part of an effort worth more than $7 billion.
The Gremyashchy corvette of project 20385 is preparing to sail to the Baltic Sea after the completion of acceptance trials in the Northern fleet, the Defense Ministry said.
Finnish Company Patria has been awarded a contract for the design and delivery of new Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Sonars by Saab, the Squadron 2020 Combat System Contractor. This new state-of-the-art ASW product strengthens Patria's product portfolio and improves company's competitiveness and position in the international naval markets. The employment effect of the contract in Finland is approximately 50 man-years.
The Navy’s experimentation squadron for unmanned surface vessels has big plans for its second year that include integrating the Sea Hunter Medium USV into a carrier strike group and leading a large U.S. Pacific Fleet experiment this summer.
The first CMV-22B Osprey – the tiltrotor aircraft selected to replace the Navy’s aging fleet of C-2A Greyhounds as the carrier onboard delivery aircraft – completed its first flight operations, according to its manufacturer.
The French shipyard OCEA, specialized in design, building and integrated logistic support of aluminium vessels, announced on January 20th the signing of a new contract for the French Customs.
The Russian Navy will receive five more Project 23130 logistic support tankers similar to the vessel Academician Pashin that entered service with Russia’s Northern Fleet on January 21, Chief of the Auxiliary Fleet Service in the Defense Ministry’s Transport Support Department Sergei Yepifanov said on Tuesday.
According to the Indian newspaper The Economic Times, the Indian Navy will purchase only six additional Ka-31 radar patrol helicopters in Russia, instead of ten previously planned. This is due to insufficient financing of the Indian fleet, which in 2020 was allocated only 41259 crore rupees ($ 5.815 billion) from the budget, instead of the required Navy 64307 crore rupees ($ 7.654 billion). However, the purchase of a batch of Ka-31 remains one of the priorities of the Indian Navy.
The U.S. Navy and its maritime partners kicked off operations for the multilateral exercise Sea Dragon 2020, Jan 20. Service members from the U.S Navy, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) are all participating in SEA DRAGON 2020.
On January 14, 2020, the long-range Tu-142MZ long-range anti-submarine aircraft repaired at the enterprise made its first flight in Taganrog (onboard “53 black”). After passing all the necessary tests, the Tu-142MZ will be transferred to the naval aviation of the Navy.
In line with the projects carried out by Turkish company Meteksan Defence in the field of radar systems, the agreement for design and develop of "35 GHz Radar Cross Section (RCS) Measurement System" for Turkish Navy was signed on July 13, 2018, between Turkish Navy Research Center Command (ARMERKOM) and Meteksan Defence Industry Inc.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly named a future aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller (CVN 81) during a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ceremony honouring African Americans of the Greatest Generation in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 20.
In 2020, Novadem NX70 micro-UAVs will be used to support operations of the prestigious Marseille’s Navy Firefighters Battalion (BMPM). These UAVs will bring an aerial intelligence capacity, immediately available, and an operational added value in a broad range of missions.
The Nevskoye Design Bureau (part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation) displayed scale models of Project 11430E ‘Lamantin’ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier during a meeting of Russian military officials and navy commanders in Sevastopol in early January.
The Empowered Aex Committee (EAC) reviewed the progress in the construction of the boat at the Cochin Shipyard on Monday. The IAC-1 is in a very advanced stage of construction with primary engines, all four gas turbines, and power generation systems comprising eight diesel alternators, ready. Trials of the vessel’s major systems and auxiliary equipment are already in progress.
