The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing two concepts of operations for unmanned ships and other watercraft, the agency’s acting director said July 30.
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August 2020 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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The Royal Navy has shown its clear intent for the greater use of autonomous and un-crewed technology in future operations during an event co-hosted by the Chief Technology Officer with Deputy Director Naval Aviation. Attendees were called on explicitly to consider how technology and innovation could transform the way the navy operates in the skies now and into the future.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has been awarded contracts valued in excess of $220 million to provide propulsion valves, pumps and advanced instrumentation and control systems for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, Columbia-class submarine and Ford-class aircraft carrier programs.
According to information released by the U.S. Navy on July 30, 2020, U.S. Navy USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications with Strike Fighter Squadron 106. F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the "Gladiators" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 have conducted flight operations on July 30, 2020.
According to news published by Janes website on July 29, 2020, Indonesian shipyard and shipbuilder, PT Caputra Mitra Sejati has launched two more Pari-class PC-40-class patrol boats ordered by the Indonesian Navy.
According to a press release published by Bollinger Shipyards on July 30, 2020, the company has delivered the USCGC OLIVER HENRY Sentinel-class cutter, also known as Fast Response Cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 163rd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 40th Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program.
According to a Tweet published on July 29, 2020, the Royal New Zealand Navy has commissioned its new tanker and sustainment vessel, HMNZS Aotearoa (A 11) at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland.
According to information published by the Canadian MoD (Ministry of Defense) on July 31, 2020, the Royal Canadian Navy has taken delivery of the first new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS). Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry DeWolf, the first of a class of six, is named in honour of Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf, a Canadian wartime naval hero. HMCS Harry DeWolf is the first ship built for the RCN under the National Shipbuilding Strategy.
According to information released by the Russian press agency TASS on July 31, 2020, the KAMPO Company has completed the first stage of the construction of the Project 23370G large hydrographic boat Alexander Firsov designed for the Russian Navy, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said.
According to a press release published by the French company Naval Group on July 31, 2020, Brusselle Carral, a Belgian company based in Zeebruges, has been selected on July 28th, 2020 as a supplier of deck equipment for the new minehunters built by Kership for Belgium Naval & Robotics (Naval Group / ECA Group consortium) for the Belgian and Dutch Navies.
According to information released by the United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency on July 30, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippines of Scout, Assault, and Light Support Boats with armaments and related equipment for an estimated cost of $126 million.
