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On July 24, 2021, Spanish shipyard Navantia has launched the fourth Avante 2200 corvette Jazan Al Jubail-class corvette that was built for the Navy of Saudi Arabia.
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NAVAL NEWS JULY 2021
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On July 24, 2021, Spanish shipyard Navantia has launched the fourth Avante 2200 corvette Jazan Al Jubail-class corvette that was built for the Navy of Saudi Arabia.
According to a tweet published by Mahmoud Gamal on July 23, 2021, the AW149 helicopters of the Egyptian Navy made their first appearance on the ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser during Gargoub Naval Base Inauguration.
According to a tweet published by the French Ministry of Armed Forces on July 22, 2021, the Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) receives two more Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB), named EDO, from the company Zodiac Milipro for the French Navy.
According to a report published by Defseca on 20 July 2021, the Bangladesh Navy, which is looking for new frigates, may finally acquire Istanbul-class frigates from the Turkish company STM, despite the offers from China, Netherlands and Italy.
According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense, Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $24,999,480 firm-fixed-price order (N6134021F0119) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N6134019G0002) for the upgrade of the P-8A Poseidon maintenance training device suite.
According to information published by the Government of Canada on July 23, 2021, the delivery of the second of six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS), Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Margaret Brooke, in Halifax marks an important milestone both for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and for the ship’s crew.
According to information published by the Strait Times on July 21, 2021, the Navy of Singapore has conducted operational tests with the Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Surface Vessel used to neutralize sea mines.
According to information published by Lockheed Martin on July 20, 2021, the company is awarded a $231,400,000 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-5310 to definitize the initial award, and procure an additional 70 MK41 Vertical Launching System modules and ancillary equipment for DDG 51-class destroyers and FFG 62-class frigates.
According to information published by Tass on July 22, 2021, two missile frigates of the Vietnamese Navy, the Tran Hung Dao, and the Quang Trung have entered the Zolotoi Rog Bay and are assuming their positions in the parade formation with the help of the tugs of the Pacific Fleet.
According to a press release published by MBDA on July 21, 2021, the remote assistance service deployed by Naval Group and MBDA for the French Navy achieves several objectives: provide prompt diagnostics and a repair solution to naval systems users in all locations and in all circumstances.
According to information published by the government of the UK on July 22, 2021, the UK’s Carrier Strike Group 2021, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth has met up with the Indian Navy in the Bay of Bengal, for 3 days of complex maritime interactions.
Italian company Leonardo has announced that the Polish Navy’s first AW101 (ZR285) naval helicopter achieved its first flight on July 19, 2021, at the Company’s site in Yeovil. It is a military utility medium-lift helicopter that was manufactured by AgustaWestland (formerly EH Industries), a joint venture company formed by Agusta of Italy and the British company GKN.
The Indian Ministry of Defense has published the request for proposal (RFP) on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, for the production of six indigenously made conventional submarines in collaboration with the local and foreign defense industries, for the program, called P-75(I) India.
According to information published by the government of the United Kingdom on July 19, 221, the Carrier Strike Group will undertake a series of exercises with forces from the US, Australia, France, Japan, New Zealand and Korea in the Philippine Sea in August.
According to information published by the Indonesian Navy on July 12, 2021, the Indonesian Navy commissioned the third Teluk-Bintuni class, KRI Teluk Youtefa (522) at Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.
According to information published by Daily Sabah on July 15, 2021, the Ukrainian Navy received the first batch of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned combat aerial vehicle.
According to a tweet published by Dick Kreiter, Project Director of DMO, on July 19, 2021, the steel cutting ceremony of the first Mine Countermeasures vessel of the Belgian and Dutch Navies was held in Concarneau.
According to information published by the Indian Ministry of Defense on July 20, 2021, the Indian Navy accepted the first two of its MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH) from the US Navy in a ceremony held at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego.
According to information released by the U.S. Navy, the Ronald Reagan carrier strike group (CSG) 5, including ships from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, and the Ohio-class submarine USS Georgia (SSGN-729) exercised anti-submarine warfare (ASW) tactics and procedures, July 15-16, 2021.
According to pictures released by the United States Department of Defense, on July 16, 2021, the U.S. Navy USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) aircraft carrier successfully completed the second of three scheduled explosive events for Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST).