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June 2020 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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According to information released by the US Navy on June 10, 2020, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) departed San Diego to continue her scheduled deployment, June 10. The ship is scheduled to return to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to continue its mission in support of SOUTHCOM Enhanced Counter Narcotics Operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
The Project 21631 small missile ship Graivoron armed with Kalibr cruise missiles will be delivered to the Black Sea Fleet by the end of 2020. The latest missile corvette entered dockside trials on Wednesday, Russian Navy Spokesman Captain 1st Rank Igor Dygalo said.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) received the first production unit of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) in April, nearly a month ahead of schedule.
The Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) Complex was inaugurated at Visakhapatnam by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, PVSM, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer Commanding in Chief ENC on 10 June 2020.
Leonardo has signed a twenty-year framework agreement worth €70 million to provide after-sales support service and the potential future upgrade of Denmark’s 76/62 Super Rapid Gun Mounts installed on Royal Danish Navy ships.
On June 10, 2020, the F125 "Nordrhein-Westfalen" was officially commissioned – due to the current corona pandemic, the ceremony took place on a small scale. The "Nordrhein-Westfalen" is the second out of a total of four frigates after the "Baden-Württemberg" to become available to the German Navy. The ships are the most modern and powerful frigates ever built in Germany.
According to information released by the British Government on June 8, 2020, over the next week, HMS Kent frigate and minehunter HMS Ramsey will sail alongside 26 other vessels and 29 aircraft as 3,000 personnel from 17 NATO nations and two NATO partner nations strengthen their combined maritime capabilities and demonstrate their collective resolve to safeguard security in the Baltic Sea Region.
According to information released by the Australian Navy on June 9, 2020, HMAS Anzac frigate has joined HMAS Arunta as the second Anzac Class Frigate to undergo the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program upgrade. Anzac recently sailed to her homeport of Fleet Base West, Garden Island, Western Australia, where she was joined by her sister ship Arunta who completed the program, known as AMCAP, in 2019.
According to news published by the Russian press agency TASS on June 10, 2020, the Russian Navy Northern fleet is preparing to accept the cruise missile submarine Arkhangelsk latest Yasen-M-class SSGN (Ship Submersible Guided Nuclear) of project 885M. The commander will be appointed by the end of the year and the crew formed. The submarine is to join a division of the Russian Navy Northern fleet.
According to information released by the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet on June 8, 2020, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and elements of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG), deployed from San Diego, June 8, in support of global maritime security operations.
On June 4, 2020, the German Navy has officially announced the hand over of the first NH90 Sea Lion naval helicopter that will replace the Sea King Mk 41. An official ceremony for the commissioning of the first Sea Lion helicopter will take place on June 25, 2020.
The Royal Australian Navy’s frigate HMAS Anzac has joined HMAS Arunta as the second of the fleet’s Anzac Class frigates to undergo the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) upgrade.
The Northern Fleet’s search and strike group kicked off drills in the Barents Sea to search for and eliminate a notional enemy’s nuclear-powered submarine, the Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday.
As part of a larger potential recovery plan to help the French aerospace industry cope with the current economic crisis (due to COVID-19 outbreak), the French ministry of the Armed Forces announced on its Twitter account that the procurement of rotary and fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the French Navy will be made ahead of schedule.
The British Navy has announced on June 9, 2020, that Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning stealth fighter aircraft from the British Royal Air Force 617 Squadron have conducted first landing on British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that the United States Army and Navy have ordered in total more than 160 of the company’s Centaur unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), plus related spares and accessories. The two contracts, totalling $23.5 million, are being sourced through the Army’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II program.
The Admiral Kasatonov frigate of project 22350 completed the sea part of acceptance trials and returned to Severnaya verf Shipyard. The warship will undergo an inspection in June and will be handed over to the Navy, the shipyard said.
Saab has together with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Swedish Armed Forces have conducted the first tests with the Saab Lightweight Torpedo (SLWT) from a corvette and a submarine.
The Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate of project 22350 is the first warship to get upgraded electronic arms, radars and electronic warfare. The electronics will be updated for Tsirkon missile. Two warships of the project will test the equipment, the Izvestia daily writes.
Elbit Systems UK completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK MoD (Ministry of Defense) with its Seagull armed USV (Unmanned Surface Vessel). The trials were delivered via Dstl’s (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) Progeny Framework, exploring how autonomous systems could support future ASW operations.
