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The Canadian government announced a series of coast guard shipbuilding initiatives that includes the construction of 18 new vessels. The Coast Guard is set to receive two new Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships, modified for Coast Guard missions.
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MAY 2019 news
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The Canadian government announced a series of coast guard shipbuilding initiatives that includes the construction of 18 new vessels. The Coast Guard is set to receive two new Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships, modified for Coast Guard missions.
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon of Fullerton, Calif., a US$ 234 million, fixed-price-incentive, firm-target contract for the low-rate initial production of 23 LRIP Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPALS).
The Admiral Makarov, the Admiral Essen frigates, the Smetlivy and the Pytlivy patrol ships of the Black Sea fleet sailed out for drills, the Southern Military District said.
The Lithuanian-led exercises Open Spirit 2019 recently concluded, on May 16, after two weeks of manoeuvers. This exercise is an international maritime operation led on a rotating basis by Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
The Iranian Navy plans to dispatch the 62nd flotilla of warships to free waters in the next few days to protect the country's cargo ships and oil tankers against pirate attacks. The 62nd fleet includes Bayandor destroyer and Lavan and Bushehr logistic warships.
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has recently launched the first José Rizal-class frigate on order for the Philippine Navy, and laid down the keel for a second ship. This first HDF-3000 frigate is to be delivered in September 2020.
Taiwan's Navy held its largest maritime military drills in five years on Wednesday, May 22, off Taiwan. These exercises are scheduled to end on May 31, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency.
Shipbuilders are studying how to add additional combat power, through combat upgrades or additional combat systems, to the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).
Manufacturing of engines for the next batch of Type 26 frigates will begin in January 2020 at the General Electric Warwickshire site.
In a burst of fire and smoke, Royal Navy warship HMS Defender has tested her world-beating missile system off the coast of Scotland. Blasting from the Type 45 destroyer’s silo, the missile of the Sea Viper system flew four times the speed of sound before obliterating an incoming drone target designed to simulate a hypersonic projectile attack on the ship.
The Project 12700 third advanced minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov will be floated out at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg on May 30, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday, May 21.
Indian and Myanmar navies have started their annual maritime coordinated patrol, also called CORPAT, on May 20. This joint exercise will end on May 28.
Today, on May 22, the Belgium Naval & Robotics consortium, composed of Naval Group and ECA Group, was awarded the contract to supply twelve mine-hunting vessels to the Belgian and Dutch navies. Equipped with around 100 drones, constituting approximately ten drone systems (toolboxes), six ships are destined for the Belgian Navy, while the other six will be delivered to the Dutch Navy.
Babcock has completed the first docking and maintenance period on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at its Rosyth site. The carrier underwent a planned hull survey and maintenance of her underwater systems over a six-week period at the company’s Rosyth site.
The U.S. Navy is installing a co-axial 7.62 mm machine gun on the mounts of its Mk38 chain gun systems, a Northrop Grumman official recently stated.
The Indian Navy successfully conducted its first cooperative engagement firing the Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM). This test-firing exercise was involving the INS Kochi and the INS Chennai (both Kolkata-class destroyers).
The Royal Navy Special Boat Service (SBS, the Royal Navy equivalent of the SAS) has apparently joined the US carrier strike group currently deployed in the Persian Gulf, near Iran, in order to counter potential Iranian attacks on UK merchant ships.
Recently, the launching ceremony of the first state of the art 2,300 tonnes corvette for the Pakistan Navy was held in Galati, Romania, by Damen Shipyard. Chief of Staff (Personnel), Vice Admiral Abdul Aleem graced the occasion as Chief Guest.
Recently, the Greek Ministry of Defence told in an official statement that the Hellenic Navy had received its first modernised P-3B Orion maritime patrol aircraft from Lockheed Martin.
New big amphibious assault ships of project 11711 will be able to transport speedboats of projects 03160 and 02510. Besides, they will carry helicopters to support Marines. The new warships are likely to participate in landing and humanitarian operations in distant regions, the Izvestia daily writes.