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DECEMBER 2019 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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According to pictures released on Twitter, China has launched sea trials of its new armed Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) called JARI-USV developed by the State Company China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. In August 2019, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) had announced the launch of a new catamaran-hulled multirole USV.
The Project 21631 Buyan-M class missile corvette Ingushetia of Russian Navy has successfully completed its state trials, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said, on December 25, 2019.
The crew of the missile corvette Orekhovo-Zuyevo and the teams of Bal and Bastion coastal defence systems destroyed a notional enemy’s warship in Black Sea drills, the press office of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet reported on Tuesday.
ARES Shipyard has recently delivered the first ARES 85 HERCULES patrol craft to the Royal Oman Police Coast Guard (ROPCG), the Turkish shipyard announced.
The guided-missile destroyer Nanchang of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy took part in a naval parade staged to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on April 23, 2019.
Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) business, announced on December 17, 2019, the successful completion by its first next-generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Craft 100 of the U.S. Navy’s Acceptance Trials after completing a series of in-port and underway demonstrations on December 6, 2019.
A total of six new submarines, at a pace of one per year, will go into service in the Turkish Naval Forces between 2022 and 2027, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. He added that Turkey may raise the level of military support for UN-recognized Libyan government if required.
General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has won a potential $132.2M contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize the USS Mason guided-missile destroyer for fiscal year 2020. The USS Mason (DDG-87) is the 9th ship of the upgraded (Flight IIA) Arleigh Burke Class of AEGIS Guided Missile Destroyers, making her one of the most sophisticated ships sailing the seas.
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $1,030,728,427 fixed-price-incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee multi-year contract for Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) full-rate production requirements, spares, and round design agent.
Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a not-to-exceed value of $92,280,378 undefinitized contract action. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, the indefinite-quantity contract provides engineering technical services in support of Naval Aviation weapon systems and all associated systems and equipment throughout their sustainment life-cycle, to include contractor field services in support of the AV-8B, EA-18G, F/A-18, C-40, and P-8A aircraft for the Navy and the government of Kuwait.
The Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) newest and largest offshore patrol vessel (OPV) is now officially under the ownership of the country after it flew the Philippine flag for the first time on Thursday. French Shipbuilding OCEA formally turned over the vessel to the PCG in a ceremony held in Saint Nazaire on December 18.
The Russian Navy Admiral Kasatonov frigate of project 22350 sailed out from Severomorsk to the Barents Sea to continue trials, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The frigate earlier tested missile arms in the White Sea. The crew fired Kalibr cruise missile at a coastal target in Chizha range in Arkhangelsk region, as well as Kalibr and Onix missiles at sea targets.
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on December 20, 2019, that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a planning yard design services contract with a potential total value of $454.1 million for nuclear-powered submarines.
Raytheon Company will build two additional shipsets of SPY-6 radars under a $250 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The company is now contracted to deliver a total of nine radar shipsets to DDG-51 Flight III destroyers. The SPY-6 is a family of next-generation, integrated air and missile defense radars that scale to meet the mission requirements of any ship.
After the launch of the Suffren (Barracuda class) nuclear attack submarine, last 12 July 2019, in the presence of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, a new milestone was reached with the divergence of the reactor, a prelude to its first sea acceptance tests prior to its delivery in 2020.
American Company Lockheed Martin was awarded a US$1.96 billion detailed design and construction to build four Multi Mission Surface Combatant ships (MMSC) for the Kingdom Saudi Arabia, according to a Friday contract released on Friday, December 20, 2019.
On December 19, 2019, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Argentina of equipment, support and services in support of Argentina’s EDA purchase of four (4) P-3C Orion anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $78.032 million.
The Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV 87) L’Adroit adopts the Argentinian flag and becomes the A.R.A. BOUCHARD. The first one of the four OPVs ordered by Argentina has been designed and developed by Naval Group on its own resources.
Senior Bangladeshi Navy officials received two Chinese Type-053H3 frigates, Jiaxing (Hull 521) and Lianyungang (Hull 522), in Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard on December 18. The two missile frigates, purchased by the Bangladesh side in 2018, will steam to Bangladesh after the hand-over ceremony.
U.S. defence company Lockheed Martin has delivered its first batch of Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) to U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer long-range strategic bomber units following the achievement of early operational capability (EOC) of the new weapon system, the company said in a December 18 statement.
