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According to information published by Hindustan Times on December 31, 2021, the Philippines is set to become the first foreign customer for the BrahMos cruise missile system jointly developed by India and Russia.
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NAVAL NEWS December 2021
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According to information published by Hindustan Times on December 31, 2021, the Philippines is set to become the first foreign customer for the BrahMos cruise missile system jointly developed by India and Russia.
According to a tweet published by Louis Cheung on December 24, 2021, the Chinese Naval Shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding launches the fourth Type 054A/P frigate for the Pakistan Navy.
According to information published by Global Times on December 30, 2021, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently organized drills in the South China Sea for its first Type 075 landing helicopter dock, as it was announced that the vessel has reached operational capability.
According to information published by News 18 on December 31, 2021, India has reportedly secretly launched its third Arihant class submarine, called S4, in Visakhapatnam.
According to information published by Yonhap News Agency on December 28, 2021, the Republic of Korea Navy will receive the upgraded KDX-I destroyer Eulji Mundeok, after nearly a year of refurbishment aimed at strengthening its anti-submarine capabilities.
According to information published by the Argentinian Ministry of Defense on December 28, 2021, the Tandanor Naval Shipyard will proceed to the construction of a polar ship for the Argentinian Navy.
According to information published by the Philippine News Agency on December 28, 2021, the Philippine Navy (PN) will be using the recently decommissioned World War II-era corvette, BRP Magat Salamat (PS-20), as a temporary command post for the duration of the relief operations in Dinagat Islands.
According to information published by Tass on December 29, 2021, the Baltic Fleet’s corvette Soobrazitelny (Steregushchy-class) has performed a missile launch during a tactical exercise at a fleet training range, the Western Military District’s press office said.
According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on December 29, 2021, a F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192, launched off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Philippine Sea.
According to information published by the Korea Herald on December 30, 2021, South Korea has started the construction of a new KSS III Batch II submarine with improved ballistic missile capabilities, officials said.
According to information published by the InfoDefensa website on December 2021, the Type 23 anti-submarine frigate FF-06 Almirante Condell of the Chilean Navy has concluded its modernization process and returned to its homeport of Valparaiso.
According to information published by the "TIMESNOWNEWS.COM" on December 29, 2021, the Type 054A/P frigate of the Pakistani will use a Chinese-made Z-9EC helicopter armed with CM-501GA anti-ship missiles.
General Atomics, San Diego, California, is awarded a $69,803,720 firm-fixed-price contract that provides non-recurring engineering and program management services in support of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system for the CVN 81 aircraft carrier, minus energy storage subsystem.
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on December 29, 2021, the Russian Admiralty Wharves Shipyard has completed the first stage of shipbuilders sea trials of the Project 677 diesel-electric submarine Kronstadt (NATO reporting name: Lada-class), the shipyard’s press office said.
According to information published by the Turkish company Havelsan on December 27, 2021, the HAVELSAN Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) Software, developed to monitor, organize and manage all ship traffic movements in the straits with HAVELSAN's capabilities, was successfully used for the first time in NATO's Maritime Security Exercise.
According to information released by the Russian press agency TASS on December 28, 2021, two Project 955A Borei-A class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (NATO reporting name: Dolgorukiy-class) will be laid down by the Sevmash Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) in 2023.
Austal Australia has commenced sea trials of the first of six Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats under construction for the Royal Australian Navy.
The former German Merkel government has approved the delivery of one type 218SG submarine to Singapore. The deal was done under former German chancellor Angela Merkel, along with her Scholz, then vice-chancellor.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) returned to Rota, Spain, Dec. 23, 2021, completing her inaugural patrol as a member of the U.S. Navy’s Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) and culminating in a successful year of operations.
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $21,164,178 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract for the production of the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) naval strike missile (NSM) launcher unit (NLU) and weapon control system (WCS) production representative models.