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June 2020 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 5 departs for 2020 operational deployment. Reagan, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 represent the cornerstone of the strike group's capability to sustain presence, project power, fight, and win decisively from the sea.
According to news published on June 5, 2020, by the Russian press agency TASS, the Tsiklon Karakurt-class missile corvette of project 22800 will reinforce the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet by the end of the year.
According to information released by the U.S. Navy on June 7, 2020, the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked on U.S. Navy USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) aircraft carrier logged significant milestones this week during Post Delivery Test and Trials (PDT&T) operations at sea. The Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8), is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78).
Photos of the Shenyang J-31 twin-engine fifth-generation fighter jet, have been frequently released on Chinese social media since May, leading to considerable speculation that the aircraft could be set to enter service in the PLA sometime this year. Now painted in a silver-grey coating, its development is making smooth progress, experts said on Monday.
Kongsberg Maritime has signed its first contract for a state-of-the-art ROV launch & recovery system (LARS), specifically designed to handle remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from unmanned vessels.
Royal Marines will have access to more information when making tactical decisions thanks to a new helmet camera. Both the network and cameras have been procured by MarWorks – the Royal Navy’s information warfare technology specialists.
Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov thanked Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for a successful towing of the superstructure of the Strogy corvette of project 20380 built by Severnaya Verf Shipyard, the Defense Ministry said.
On June 4, 2020, U.S. Navy has released pictures showing a Ford-class and Nimitz- class aircraft carrier together on the sea. The Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transit the Atlantic Ocean, June 4, 2020, marking the first time a Ford-class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier have operated together underway.
The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is underway conducting composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intensive exercise designed to fully integrate units of the carrier strike group, while testing a strike group's ability as a whole to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea.
The U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with U.S. Embassy Koror and with the support of the Department of the Interior, provided further aids-to-navigation infrastructure improvements in the waters of Koror, Palau in late May and early June 2020.
According to a Tweet released by the US Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on June 4, 2020, 1 of 2 Ghost Fleet Overlord test vessels completed a total of two 4-day autonomous transits, with 181+ hours of International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs)-compliant autonomous operations--over 3,200 nautical miles.
The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy will be reinforced with the new guided-missile corvette Graivoron Buyan-M class of project 21631. The crew is completing the training. Experts believe the corvette will ensure Russian permanent naval presence in the Mediterranean, the Russian newspaper Izvestia daily writes.
According to a contract released by the U.S. Defense Government on June 6, 2020, Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, is awarded a $56,450,644 firm-fixed-price contract for a 210-calendar day split shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking of the hospital ship U.S. Naval USNS Ship Mercy (T-AH 19). Work will be performed in Portland, Oregon, and is expected to be complete by August 2021.
The U.S. Navy Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 has conducted naval operations in the Arabian Gulf near the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21).
Fairbanks Morse, a leading provider of solutions that are powering the world forward, has completed the build and testing of the two main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) for the U.S. Coast Guard’s offshore patrol cutter (OPC) #1. Fairbanks Morse was awarded contracts by the prime contractor, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, to build the two MPDE engines for both the OPC #1 and OPC #2.
OCCAR Director has signed today the FREMM Research & Technology Projects Contract with NAVIRIS, a 50% joint venture by Fincantieri and Naval Group, officially launched in January 2020, with the aim to strengthen the French – Italian cooperation for the shipbuilding industry and Navies as an evolution of an historical partnership.
On June 5, Serbian Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, attended the demonstration of a part of the River Flotilla’s capabilities at Belgrade's Ušće (the confluence of Sava and Danube Rivers), which was performed by members of the Second River Detachment, on the subject of "River Task Force attacking armed terrorist boats".
According to a press release published on June 5, 2020, BAE Systems Australia’s shipbuilding business, ASC Shipbuilding, on June 5, 2020, signed a contract with Australian company BlueScope Steel AIS to provide steel plates for new Hunter Class Frigates of Australian Navy. Under the $2.6 million contract, BlueScope Steel AIS will deliver more than 1500 tones of steel plate to ASC Shipbuilding.
GeoSpectrum Technologies (GeoSpectrum) a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., announces on June 2, 2020, that it was selected to deliver its Long-Range Acoustic Messaging (LRAM) system to another Western customer. This follows a recent successful delivery of LRAM equipment to the Canadian Government.
The latest two Raptor high-speed patrol boats entered trials on the Neva River, the Russian Navy said in a statement on Thursday.
