BAE Systems Australia’s shipbuilding business, ASC Shipbuilding, is pleased to place three new feasibility studies to support the Hunter Class Frigate Program.
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September 2020 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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BAE Systems Australia’s shipbuilding business, ASC Shipbuilding, is pleased to place three new feasibility studies to support the Hunter Class Frigate Program.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) began its northbound international strait transit en route to the Black Sea, Sept. 15, 2020, to conduct maritime security operations with NATO allies and partners in the region.
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on September 15, 2020, the Russian Navy Boikiy corvette (NATO reporting name: Steregushchy-class) has performed simulated missile launches against a notional enemy’s surface ships with the use of the Uran (SS-N-25 Switchblade) anti-ship missile system during a planned exercise at Baltic Fleet sea ranges.
According to a press release published on September 15, 2020, Marine technology company Sonardyne has announced that its Solstice multi-aperture sonar has been integrated into mine warfare command software used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
In an annual state of the economy speech, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece will buy 18 Dassault Rafale fighters from France and well as additional weapons including Scalp EG air-launched cruise missiles, but the anticipated order for two FDI-class frigates, for which Greece signed a Letter of Intention in October, is apparently not included.
The offshore patrol vessel, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16), is ready for deployment following its successful sea trials off the waters of Zambales, the Philippine Navy (PN) said on September 11 2020.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter NSC Stone successfully completed its builder's trials at sea, shipmaker Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on September 14 2020. The ship spent three days in the Gulf of Mexico testing propulsion and auxiliary equipment, as well as various shipboard systems.
iXblue has been selected by Naval Group to supply navigation systems for two Gowind corvettes intended for the international market. These two future combat corvettes will be fitted with Marins navigation systems and Netans data distribution & processing units.
Recently the Vietnam People's Navy announced that it has modernized its old Soviet-built naval minesweepers, Project 266, with hull numbers "851" and "852", equipped with modern robotic systems Pluto Plus ROV, increasing the ability to clear mines, seaport protection.
A nuclear-powered submarine of a Northern Fleet formation has launched an antisubmarine missile against an underwater target during an exercise in the Barents Sea, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
According to Dvidshub website, the US Navy's USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications along with a T-45C Goshawk, attached to Training Air Wing 2.
Vice Admiral S R Sarma – COM & CWP&A of the Indian Navy and Shri V L Kantha Rao Additional Secretary (Defence Production) laid the keel of the third ship (Yard- 12653) of the prestigious P17A class stealth frigates on 10 September 2020.
According to the Ukrainian newspaper "Evropeyskaya Pravda", the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has received a proposal to build eight large missile boats for the Ukrainian Navy under the British project. The first two boats are to be built in Great Britain, the remaining six - at Ukrainian shipyards.
The Royal Australian Navy has joined an eight-ship fleet with more than 1,500 personnel aboard from Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States for Exercise Pacific Vanguard, in waters off Guam.
Thales Australia and Flinders University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct a study into the development of an automation system for the launch and recovery process of the General Dynamics Mission Systems Bluefin 9 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), procured by the Royal Australian Navy under its Deployable Mine Counter Measures project.
According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense on September 11, 2020, American company Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Owego, New York, is awarded a $28,508,412 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price order (N00019-20-F-0340) against basic ordering agreement N000019-19-G-0029. This order provides non-recurring and recurring engineering support associated with software and hardware development for Phase I integration of the Digital Magnetic Anomaly Detection sensor into the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter.
According to a press release published by the U.S. DoD (Department of Defense), the U.S. Navy has christened one of its newest Virginia-class submarine attack submarines, the future USS Montana (SSN 794) Submersible Ship Nuclear, on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, in Newport News, Virginia.
According to a press release published on September 10, 2020, UMOE Mandal AS and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace companies have agreed to cooperate on the lifetime extension of the Royal Norwegian Navy’s Skjold-class coastal corvettes
According to Kraken Robotics Inc., a Canada’s Ocean Company, they recently signed contract to supply minehunting systems and minehunting sonar equipment to the Polish Navy as well as to the Royal Danish Navy.
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a statement that Yang Manchun (pennant number DDG 973) officially returned to service on 9 September 2020 following a ceremony held at the Jinhae Naval Base in South Gyeongsang Province.