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According to a press release published by Naval Group on July 19, 2021, the firm and the Fleet Support Service sign a new contract for the operational maintenance of the French Navy’s nuclear attack submarines.
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NAVAL NEWS JULY 2021
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According to a press release published by Naval Group on July 19, 2021, the firm and the Fleet Support Service sign a new contract for the operational maintenance of the French Navy’s nuclear attack submarines.
According to information published by Tass on July 18, 2021, state trials of Russia’s newest Zircon hypersonic missile from a surface carrier will begin in August 2021, a source in the military-industrial complex told.
China Aerospace Long-March International (ALIT) unveils the LY-80N naval surface-to-air missile Missile Weapon System to the export. ALIT undertakes the export & import of defense, anti-terrorism and anti-riot equipment and technologies.
According to a tweet published by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on July 19, 2021, JS Yūgiri conducted a goodwill exercise with PNS Alamgir in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi, on an important sea lane.
According to information released by the American company Boeing, the company is continuing to expand the Indian Navy’s long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare capabilities with the delivery of the country’s 10th P-8I. The patrol aircraft is an integral part of the Indian Navy’s fleet and has surpassed 30,000 flight hours since it was inducted in 2013.
According to a picture released on the Twitter account of the U.S. Navy, the USS Stockdale (DDG-106), an Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy is now armed with the directed energy weapon, named ODIN.
According to information by Bollinger Shipyards LLC, Saturday, July 10, 2021, Bollinger Shipyards has christened the Holland, an ocean transport barge for General Dynamics Electric Boat. The Holland will support the construction and maintenance of the United States’ Columbia Class Ballistic Missile submarines and Virginia Class fast attack submarines.
According to information released by the United States Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy has christened its first-in-class John Lewis-class replenishment oiler ship, the future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), on Saturday, July 17, 2021, in San Diego, California.
According to information published by Tass on July 12, 2021, Admiral Golovko, the Russian Navy’s third Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate (Project 22350), will become the first carrier of Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, a defense industry source told.
According to a tweet published by Defensearab on July 12, 2021, Morocco is negociating with the Italian firm Fincantieri to acquire two FREMM multipurpose frigate, including the Italian frigate Luigi Rizzo.
According to information published by Philippine News Agency on July 7, 2021, OCEA, a shipbuilding firm in northwest France, has expressed its intent to build a PHP1.5-billion shipyard in the country.
According to a press release published by Boeing on July 9, 2021, the first P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Norway rolled out of the paint shop in Renton, in Royal Norwegian Air Force livery. Norway is one of eight nations to have acquired the P-8A as their new multimission maritime patrol aircraft.
According to a press release published by IAI on July 4, 2021, naval battle systems, including the MF-STAR (Magen Adir) radar, are being installed on the Israel Navy’s Sa'ar 6 premier defense warship, and will provide a layer of defensive and offensive capabilities from air and sea Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is integrating offensive and defensive systems, to enhance the "Sa'ar 6" corvette's capabilities and usher the Israeli Navy into a new technological era, under the guidance of Israel's Ministry of Defense (IMoD) and the IDF.
According to a tweet published by the Royal Navy on July 5, 2021, River-class offshore patrol vessel HMS Mersey back in the water after the maintenance period.
According to information published by the Australian Department of Defense on July 2, 2021, Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth was back in the water after upgrades.
According to a tweet published by Loongnaval on July 8, 2021, new pictures of the Pakistan Navy's first type 054A/P frigate released. The frigate was launch in August 2020 by the Chinese Shipyard Hudong Zhonghua.
According to information published on July 7, 2021, HENSOLDT UK will supply Kelvin Hughes Mk11 SharpEye surface search radars with combined HENSOLDT MSSR 2000 IFF systems to the French Navy “Patrouilleur d’Outre-Mer” or POM program being built by Socarenam Shipyard in France. The POM program provides six offshore patrol vessels for the French overseas territories.
According to information released on July 7, 2021, the German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) officially handed over the fourth 209/1400mod class submarine, named “S44”, to the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Following the strict corona prevention measures at the shipyard, the handover took place in Kiel.
According to information published on July 7, 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard ordered five additional new MH-60T search and rescue helicopter hulls from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of Stratford, Connecticut, on July 6, 2021, to support the service’s ongoing service life extension of its original fleet of 45 MH-60Ts.
According to information released on July 7, 2021, German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has officially been commissioned to build six identical Type 212CD (Common Design) submarines. The procurement organizations of Norway and Germany signed the corresponding contracts on July 7, 2021. Worth approx. 5,5 billion Euro, the order comprises the delivery of two submarines to the German Navy and four to the Norwegian Navy.