NAVAL NEWS JULY 2022

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According to information published by the UK MoD on July 29, 2022, the Royal Navy unveiled a unique testbed ship to support trials of the latest tech and autonomous systems. The 42m, 270-tonne vessel arrived in Portsmouth and is named after former Royal Navy sailor and Nobel Prize winner Patrick Blackett.

According to a press release published by General Atomics on July 29, 2022, an MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Unmanned Aircraft System from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is under contract with the U.S. Navy to support the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise.

According to information published by Trend on July 28, 2022, the Azerbaijani Navy's Petya-class frigate ARG Gusar and Project V92 tugboat G-129 sailed to Russia in accordance with the plan of joint activities between Azerbaijani and Russian Defense Ministries.

According to information published by the Philippine News Agency on July 28, 2022, the Philippine Navy (PN) said the missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) participated in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise where the Filipino warship and its foreign counterparts helped defend a carrier strike group from a simulated attack.

According to information published by the Brazilian MoD on July 27, 2022, the Roraima class patrol vessels Raposo Tavares and Rondonia, as well as the Oswaldo Cruz class River hospital ship Oswaldo Cruz and the UH-12 aircraft, began the Naval Operation BraColPer 2022, composing the Task Group (GT) of the Amazonas Flotilla.

According to information published by the U.S. DoD on July 25, 2022, two U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters arrived in Beirut, Lebanon for a scheduled port visit, marking their arrival to the Middle East after departing the United States and transiting the Mediterranean Sea.

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