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August 2019 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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Raytheon is awarded $11,738,000 for firm-fixed-price undefinitized delivery order N00024-19-F-6308 under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N61331-17-D-0001 for deploy and retrieve systems in support of the mine-hunting AN/AQS-20 program.
During a military exercise, the Colombian Navy has successfully test-fired SSM-700K Haeseong (C-Star) Anti-ship Missile from the FS-1500 Almirante Padilla-class corvette. Four of these ships are in service with the Colombian Navy.
The 8th annual cruise of the Northern Fleet’s Arctic group in the Arctic Ocean has started under command of Vice-Admiral Oleg Golubev, Kola mixed forces flotilla commander, the Northern Fleet press service reports. "The ships and support vessels left their home ports in Severomorsk and Murmansk, went through the Kola Bay and made a cruise formation on the Barents Sea," the Fleet reports.
According to the South China Morning Post, the first Chinese-made aircraft carrier the Type 001A is expected to start a four-day sea trial in the next few days. According to military experts, the sea trials for the Type 001A had been faster and more efficient compared with those for its sister ship, the Liaoning, China’s first aircraft carrier.
Raytheon Company delivered the first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Engineering and Manufacturing Development pod to the U.S. Navy to begin ground and aircraft integration testing. Raytheon will deliver 15 EMD pods for mission systems testing and qualification as well as 14 aeromechanical pods for airworthiness certification.
The Coast Guard accepted delivery of the 35th fast response cutter (FRC), Angela McShan, in Key West, Florida, Aug. 1, 2019. The cutter will be the third of three FRCs stationed in Cape May, New Jersey.
The crews of warships which protect the water district of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Sea Fleet have drilled destruction of conditional adversary’s submarines on a new interactive Duel simulator, the fleet’s press service said.
A recently revived Iranian naval destroyer will be fitted with a vertical launch missile system, an Iranian commander stated, as reported by the Tasnim News Agency.
The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and the Indonesian Navy and Marine Corps began Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2019 during an opening ceremony at the Indonesian Navy’s 2nd Fleet Training Command in Surabaya Aug. 1.
India successfully test-fired a sophisticated all-weather and all-terrain Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha.
Friday, August 2, 2019, the editorial team of Navy Recognition was in the Naval military base of Zeebrugge in Belgium to cover the departure of the Belgian Navy frigate Leopold 1 (F930) for its departure to the mission SNMG1 (Standing NATO Maritime Group One) which will last 4 months.
The U.S. Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Billings (LCS 15), during a 10 a.m. ceremony Saturday, August 3, 2019, in Key West, Florida.
Northrop Grumman has contracted Lockheed Martin’s Radar Sensor Systems market sector to produce an additional 24 APY-9 radars for the US Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye program.
About 70 warships and support vessels and 58 aircraft of the Russian Navy and the Aerospace Force are taking part in the Ocean Shield-2019 drills that have kicked off in the Baltic Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
The Navy Days that recently took place in Saint Petersburg gave the opportunity of seeing the number 368 "Vasily Bykov" of the Project 22160-Class patrol ships. JSC Zelenodolsk plant is building six of these ships named after A. M. Gorky and intended for use by the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet command. The vessels are designed by Russian ship designing firm JSC Severnoye Design Bureau. The first ship was laid down in February 2014 and by December 2016 five ships were under construction. The first ship joined the Russian Navy in December 2018.
Germany has selected the NH Industries NH90 as the replacement for its navy's 21-strong fleet of Westland Sea Lynx 88A anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters.
The sensor solutions provider Hensoldt is equipping the second batch of the German Navy’s K130 corvettes with its TRS-4D Rotator naval radar and its MSSR 2000 ID friend-or-foe identification system (IFF). Only six months after the order was placed, the company has now successfully passed the factory acceptance test by the German procurement authority BAAINBw for the second system.
Babcock has secured a 3.5 year Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) contract. Working in collaboration with Lockheed Martin UK – Integrated Solutions, this programme will deliver in-service support for Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control systems (TTWCS) and associated auxiliaries for the UK Ministry of Defence (Defence Equipment & Support).
Thailand is currently in talks with India over importing BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, The Hindu has reported. If the sale materialises, it will be the first export of the BrahMos missile by India.
According to a news released on July 31, 2019, to the NK News website, the new North Korean submarine that was unveiled last week is able to carry three submarine-launched ballistic missiles. This information was confirmed by a report published by South Korea’s defense ministry.
