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According to information published by Global Times on April 23, 2021, Type 094 Jin-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine Changzheng 18 (421) being commissioned friday.
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NAVAL NEWS APRIL 2021
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According to information published by Global Times on April 23, 2021, Type 094 Jin-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine Changzheng 18 (421) being commissioned friday.
According to a press release published by Damen on April 26, 2021, Shipyards Group and the Hamburg Ship Model Basin have concluded a contract for an extensive series of model tests for the hydrodynamic development of the F126 frigates for the German Navy.
According to information published by NATO on April 23, 2021, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) participated in the Italy-led exercise PHIBEX off the Sardinia coast 12-23 April.
According to information published by Global Times on April 26, 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the commissioning ceremony of large destroyer, the Dalian.
According to information published by U.S. Navy on April 26, 2021, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Setogiri (DD 156) operates alongside the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D.Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Sea.
According to information published by Global Times on April 24, 2021, the Hainan placed in active service on Friday at a naval port in southern China’s Hainan Province. A video posted this weekend also shows Hainan 31 amphibious assault ship during drills.
On April 21, 2021, the Indonesian navy has declared missing the KRI Nanggala (402). Three days later, on 24 April, debris from the submarine was found on the surface, and the navy declared Nanggala sunk. The KRI Nanggala is one of the two Cakra-class Type 209/1300 diesel-electric attack submarines in service with the Indonesian Navy.
Naval Forces of India and France have started bilateral military exercise 'Varuna-2021' in the Arabian Sea on April 25, 2021, and which will end on April 27, 2021. During this exercise, France and India will conduct air defense and anti-submarine exercises, fixed and rotary wing flying operations, tactical maneuvers and surface and anti-air weapon firings.
According to information published by the United States Department of Defense on April 23, 2021, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.651 billion.
On April 24, 2021, the United States Navy has christened its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), during a ceremony that was held in Pascagoula, Miss.
According to information published by NATO on April 23, 2021, SNMCMG2, consisting of the Turkish flagship TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa, minehunters FS Orion (France), HS Evropi (Greece), ITS Termoli (Italy), ESPS Tajo (Spain) and TCG Ayvalık (Turkey), was confronted with a realistic exercise scenario for mine countermeasures operations, including asymmetric threats besides manoeuvring and communication exercises.
According to a press release published by Leonardo on April 23, 2021, the firm has been awarded a contract to supply four OTO 127/64 LW Vulcano naval guns for the Royal Canadian Navy’s new multi-role combat ships. The contract was further to a competitive international tender.
According to information published by Tass on April 19, 2021, the Khabarovsk nuclear submarine of project 09851 designed to carry Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicles will be floated in autumn, a defense industry source told.
According to a press release published by Lockheed Martin on April 2021, the US company and Thales Australia have finalized a teaming agreement advancing the delivery of an Australian guided weapons manufacturing capability in support of a sovereign national guided weapons enterprise.
According to information published by the Twitter account of Naval Air Systems Command on April 23, 2021, the first India production aircraft took flight in Owego, New York. Indian Navy will receive a total of 24 aircraft.
According to information published by The Edge Markets on April 23, 2021, Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd’s (BHIC) wholly-owned subsidiary has been awarded a contract worth RM78.14 million from the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) for the upkeeping of submarine facilities for the Royal Malaysian Navy.
According to information published by U.S. Department of Defense on April 22, 2021, the Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $73,951,846 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001921F0876) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This order provides for the design, development, and test of software and ancillary hardware necessary for the integration of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile onto the P-8A aircraft for the Navy.
According to information published by the Royal Navy on April 22, 2021, she can confirm the Her Majesty the Queen has approved the names of two new fast patrol boats, which will be based in Gibraltar, as HM Ships Dagger and Cutlass.
US Naval Research Laboratory engineers recently demonstrated Hybrid Tiger, an electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with multi-day endurance flight capability, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.
According to information published by Daily Sabah on April 22, 2021, the Philippines is currently looking for ways to modernize its navy and collaboration with the Turkish government is among the options as the South Asian country explores ways of enabling this, state-run media said.